Um and heavy-duty,aUltraMax® is designed to meet the tough challenges of medium and heavy-duty, concentric gear reducer operation. Outstanding design, durability, long-life, easy maintenance and overall efficiency make UltraMax the right choice.   Ul Read More

A paper manufacturer has four paper machines. The largest and most costly downtime ($8,000 hr) being a #4 paper machine. The paper machine OEM is no longer supplying parts for Eaton Aero Clutch. The OEM’s solution is to replace the clutch/brake Read More

Case study from Garlock- Industry: Food & Pharmaceutical, Chemical, O&G, Energy, Water Treatment, Paint Industry, Mining, and Ceramics Mixers Challenges faced: The customer is an Italian company specialized in the selection, design and constr Read More

V-BELT TENSIONING THUMB DEPRESSION METHOD If after seating the belt(s) and checking sheave alignment, each belt can be depressed its own thickness for every four feet of belt span with moderate effort, it can be considered correctly tensioned. Rechec Read More

A leading manufacturer of metal storage systems, shelving, and wire products was experiencing frequent malfunctions in the vacuum pick and place transferring system on their robots. The company’s chief automation engineer contacted SMC hoping Read More

The line shafts at a BDI flour mill customer’s facility are up to 30 feet long, with as many as eight split bearings that hang 15 feet above the floor. Shaft sizes range form 2-15/16" to 4-7/16". Some of the shafts were worn out where the beari Read More

Five years ago, a large food plant purchased 71 new motors from a BDI competitor. Twenty-six (26) of the motors were installed in the plant’s ejector pump room. In a short period of time, it was obvious that the white-epoxy-finished motors were Read More

Segmented Transfer Plates from Flexco can help prevent product loss at the transfer point, preventing potential damage to the product as well as the belt and conveyor structure. Segmented Transfer Plates provide smooth transition from one belt to ano Read More

Did you know that BDIExpress supports hosted catalogs with BDI product content, provides a punch-out version of BDIExpress.com, and accepts orders via EDI (Electronic Data Interchange)? These are among the many powerful features t Read More

Do you need to replace a worn out v-belt after years of running? Made of flexible rubber, the existing belt is likely stretched many different ways and might not even resemble a v-belt anymore! The following three ( Read More