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REPLACE OR REMANUFACTURE?
Ed Zitney, Jr. of SKF Machine Tool Services explores how today’s economic climate makes a particularly compelling case for remanufacturing and explains why spindle maintenance and refurbishment are estimated to account for half of the worldwide machine tool market.
MEASURE EVERYTHING FROM PRODUCT GEOMETRY TO PLANT CONDITIONS
The Laser Scanner Focus3D from FARO Technologies is the smallest and lightest laser scanner ever built and ideal for measuring and 3D documentation of structural deformations, product geometry, factories, process plants and more.
THREAD REPAIR KIT HAS MAGNETIC PERSONALITY
The Recoil-brand Trade Series Kit from Alcoa Fastening Systems is an all-in-one thread repair system that contains everything needed for professional-grade thread repair.
EASILY CHECK AND ALIGN EQUIPMENT ON THE SHOP FLOOR
The Microgage 2D from Pinpoint Laser Systems is used to easily check and align CNC cutting and milling equipment, lathes and stamping presses for straightness, runout, parallelism, squareness, shaft and bore alignment, flatness measuring, and more.
HEAVY DUTY DEGREASER CERTIFIED AS CLEAN AIR SOLVENT
The GlobalTech Heavy Duty Degreaser from JNJ Industries has a VOC concentration of not more than 25 grams of VOC per liter of material and contains no hazardous air pollutants, ozone-depleting compounds or global warming compounds.
PREMIUM EFFICIENCY FAN MOTORS REDUCE OPERATING COSTS
These fan motors from Camfil Farr Air Pollution Control address the the growing problem of energy waste from industrial electric motors by meeting or exceeding requirements of the Energy Independence and Security Act.
TURNING TO CONDITION MONITORING FOR WIND TURBINES
Wind turbine manufacturing has created many opportunities for fabricators. Wind turbine service is well on its way to becoming a considerable source for renewable business profits for repair and maintenance providers, too. Greg Ziegler of SKF USA explains how.
DRIVE TECHNOLOGIES (Part Two): WINDING TECHNOLOGY . . . NOW DIRECTLY IN THE DRIVE
In the second part of this two-part series, Alexander Schaedlich of Siemens AG and William Gilbert of Siemens Industry explore how simply setting parameters, rather than configuring and programming, is the essential advantage of a new standard “winder” application that can be directly integrated into today’s drive systems.
TIMKEN INTRODUCES LINE OF BEARINGS FOR MACHINE TOOL MARKET
The new precision cylindrical roller bearings for screw drives feature axial cylindrical rollers and radial needle rollers to help manage loads from multiple directions during high-speed operation.
CENTRIFUGE RECYCLING FOR METAL PARTS DEBURRING
These self-cleaning centrifuge systems from ALMCO Kleentec automatically separate fine particulate matter from water-based solutions and produce a clay-like waste that has no special disposal restrictions.
DRIVE TECHNOLOGIES (Part One):
THE CASE FOR HOLLOW SHAFT TORQUE MOTORS
In the first part of this two-part series, Harald Poesch of Siemens Industry examines how permanent magnet synchronous torque motors offer significant advantages on high energy consuming and high dynamic applications such as machine tool rotary tables, dynamic tool turrets and turning spindles, and indexing tables in metalforming presses.
A BETTER WAY TO SERVICE WAY COVERS
The seemingly minor problem of a way cover breaking down on a huge machining center can cause substantial downtime on the factory floor because the way covers require considerable labor to remove, repair and replace them. What?s the solution?
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