In industrial applications such as food, gas, and petrochemicals, the productivity of the systems is dependent on how effectively all the components are fitted together. The fasteners used to connect companion flanges such as screws, bolts, and nuts are crucial to ensuring different parts such as bearings and mountings remain in the right positions for optimal safety.

Couplings are some of the critical power transmission components in industrial and commercial settings. To get it right on couplings, it is important to ensure that you ask the right questions before picking the preferred option. This post brings you the top 10 tips for using couplings in your applications to enjoy high productivity.

If your conveyor system breaks down or stops functioning well, it will affect the entire system. Your production line could be thrown off balance and culminate to huge losses. To prevent such issues, it is prudent to follow your conveyor operation closely and ensure that any problem is identified as early as possible.

How well do you know bearing tolerances? The American Bearing Manufacturers Association (ABMA) defines the tolerances and grades them using the ABC grades. Understanding these tolerances is crucial to helping you select, install and maintain them in the perfect condition. This post brings you everything that you need to know about measuring bearing tolerances.

To achieve the full life of a product or appliance, it is important to ensure that roller bearing or radial ball is installed properly. If it is not mounted correctly, the impact will be a premature failure, reduced productivity, and could become a potential health hazard. This post explores the tips for installing non-housed bearings as opposed to the housed models.

Electric motors are found everywhere. From the common appliances such as the washing machines and pumps to advanced industrial machines such as driers, the common thing about them is electric motors. To pick the best motor, it is important to ensure you understand how they work, their loading capacities and types. This post provides you insights on how to select the best motors in five steps.

Belt drive refers to friction gears with flexible connection used to transfer motion between shafts that are at a considerable distance from one another. It consists of two pulleys (master& slave) and an endless belt covering them.

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When the time for replacement finally comes, you might want to replace the belts with a different and more effective option. The top two options are Cogged and Synchronous belts. Therefore, which is better between the two?

Are you concerned that your system’s bearing might fail? Have they failed already? There are many causes of bearing damage. While it might not be easy to establish the exact source of the bearing problem, most failures result from the following issues.