Understanding Thermal Horsepower & Your Falk Gearbox Selection

Posted under Tips and Tricks on Monday, June 29th, 2015

Choosing a Falk gearbox is no simple task. Dozens of variables must be taken into consideration. A single incorrect calculation can cause costly damage, particularly in the case of thermal horsepower. Thermal horsepower is the actual horsepower (without the service factor) that a drive is able to convey constantly for three or more hours without […]

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What is Torque Converter Stall Speed & Why Does It Matter?

Posted under Tips and Tricks on Thursday, June 18th, 2015

Gear heads and gear engineers both recognize stall speed as a critical figure for torque converters. In automobiles, marine drives, and high shock load industrial transmissions, torque converters (specialized fluid couplings) allow variable speed operation as well as sudden starts and stops. Prior to the invention of fluid couplings in 1905, clutches were required to […]

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