December 2015
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Feature Articles
Chains and Belts Play to Their Strengths
As with just about everything else
in the manufacturing world â” and
all which that universe entails â” it
depends. After all, thatâ™s why the art
of manufacturing is a process â” not
a one-system-fits-all discipline. Yes,
once that process has been properly
designed and correctly implemented
for a given manufacturing production
need, it may well run like the astest,
smoothest cookie-cutter-type operation
ever devised.
Steps Towards Revolution
The revolution goes by many names: machine-to-machine communication, smart manufacturing and the Industrial
Internet, to name a few. In Europe,
the prevailing term is Industry
4.0. In Germany, where that phrase
was coined, the government is putting
down €200 million to cultivate a lead in the industry. The McKinsey Global Institute estimates that its potential economic impact will be almost $4 trillion (or more) by 2025. Enthusiastic evangelists will tell you that the Industrial Internet is the most important advance in their industries that theyâ™ve seen in their decades-long careers.
2015 PTE Buyers Guide
This years Buyers guide
Motor Management - Best Practices
Energy costs and downtime can be greatly reduced by instituting a motor management plan. Part II of this three-part series specifically addresses the establishment of a motor failure policy and the development
of purchasing specifications. Part I addressed the general aspects
of a motor management plan, including the first steps of creating a motor inventory and guidelines for motor repair and replacement. Part III will examine motor repair specifications
as well as preventive and predictive maintenance.
Technical Articles
Effect of Assembly Errors in Back-to-Back Gear Efficiency Testing
As gear efficiency is improved in small steps, it is important to be able to distinguish actual improvements from scatter that can occur while testing. An FZG back-to-back gear test rig was used
to investigate how the assembly and re-assembly of the same test setup affects the measurements. A spread in torque loss between one assembly and another of the same test setup were observed. Rig conditions also affected the spread in input torque. With knowledge of how the spread in torque loss varies due to assembly, test results could be distinguished between changes due to assembly and
actual differences between tests.
Departments
Dont Blink (Publishers Page)
Sometimes I feel like I blink and another year is gone. By the time most of you read this, it will be at or near the end of 2015. If youâ™re like us, youâ™ll be reflecting on the past year and looking forward to the next.
Product News (Product News)
News about latest products
Calendar (Events)
Calendar of Events
Industry News (Industry News)
News from around the industry
Hovercraft Technology Taking Us Back to the Future (Power Play)
There are few things in this
world that elicit such a gleeful,
childlike sense of wonder as
does the word âœhoverboardâ.