December 2008
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December 2008 (Complete Issue PDF)
Motion Control
Music in Motion
Woodworking process gets much needed upgrade for guitar manufacturer.
Control System Upgrades Product Testing and Validation Machinery
Opto 22 Embeds Snap Motion Control subsystem in production equipment to control, monitor and gather operational data.
Feature Articles
BSA is the Forum that Keeps Bearing Companies Rolling
In todayâ™s increasingly competitive global economy, industries and the companies that serve them are always looking for an edge. Price and quality being routinely accepted as a given, businessesâ”large and smallâ”are always looking for a little help. For the worldwide bearing industry, that help exists in the form of the Bearing Specialists of America (BSA).
High-Capacity Bearings Carry the Load for Chinese Gearbox Manufacturer
Th e signing of a contract for more than 5,000 sets of SKFâ™s latest high-capacity cylindrical roller bearings (HCCRB) for wind turbines will impart added load-carrying capacity, more
reliability and longer life to the Nanjing Gear Companyâ™s (NGC) line of gearboxes for wind generation applications.
Selection and Performance Criteria for Power Transmission Couplings, Part II
Part I of this article appeared in the
October 2008 issue. It provided an overview and general classifi cations of power transmission couplings, along with selection and performance criteria for rigid couplings and misalignment-compensating couplings. Part II continues the discussion with selection and performance criteria for torsionally flexible and combination-purpose couplings.
Improved Sealing Technology Extends Equipment Life
Th e primary sources of bearing failure
are lack of lubrication and contaminant
ingress. Industrial sealing devices are the primary protection against bearing failure. When the sealing device fails, bearing failure is imminent. Th erefore, extending
the life of sealing devices extends bearing life and in turn improves equipment uptime.
Departments
Product News (Product News)
The complete product news section from the December 2008 issue of Power Transmission Engineering.
Events (Events)
Coverage of the AHR expo, plus the complete technical calendar from the December 2008 issue of Power Transmission Engineering.
Industry News (Industry News)
The complete Industry News section from the December 2008 issue of Power Transmission Engineering.
Beauty in Algorithms (Power Play)
It took the introduction of fractals and chaos theory to get Bruce Shapiro interested in motion control.