THE OAKY North mine in Queensland’s Bowen Basin is using Dodge Controlled Start Transmission (CST) technology from Baldor to drive its longwall extraction belt conveyors.
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SHEETMETAL Machinery Australia says there is an increasing trend to drive sheetmetal machinery with servo-electric motors instead of hydraulic equipment.
CORCORAN Concrete says the adoption of Dodge gearboxes and bearings from Baldor has dramatically increased conveyor ‘uptime’ at its quarry in County Mayo, Ireland.
BALDOR‘s motion control network is being used by Swiss company Carbo-Link to create carbon fibre components for products such as racing yacht rigging.
VIPAC Engineers & Scientists has developed the first wireless condition monitoring system for mobile mining equipment fitted with variable speed drives, with funding assistance from the Australian Coal Association Research Program (ACARP).
SYNCHRONISED Bonfiglioli gearboxes are being used in an upgrade project for the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
M RUTTY has explained the benefits of hybrid stepper motors in applications which require fine shaft resolutions and low energy costs.
M RUTTY has outlined the procedure engineers should follow when selecting motors and gearboxes.
BALDOR has supplied Ethernet-compatible motion control components to automate Martin Guitar’s fret board finishing process.
JOE Junion, a Reliability Specialist for L&S Electric, has written about the importance of correctly seating DC motor and slip ring brushes.
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