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Category Archives: Tips and Tricks
A Guide to F Coupling Service Factors
There are a number of factors that influence Falk F coupling selection. The first step, of course, is to calculate your torque requirements – grid-style F couplings are designed to handle the most torque of any coupling type. The next … Continue reading
Importance of Motor Shaft Alignment to Preserve F Couplings
Although a Falk F coupling is known for its ability to tolerate misalignment, it’s critical to keep your couplings operating within acceptable design limits. By optimizing motor shaft alignment, you can help preserve the life of your F coupling as … Continue reading
Soft Foot: How it Impacts Falk Coupling Alignment
When even one foot of a gearbox differs in height from the others, you’ve got a case of soft foot on your hands. Soft foot occurs when the machine’s casing is not in proper contact with its baseplate. Unless it … Continue reading
F Couplings: Common Types of Failures
A failed coupling can spell disaster for an industrial operation. At minimum, you’re looking at downtime while the repair is made; at its worst, a broken coupling can cause massive financial loss in the form of damaged equipment. Although Falk … Continue reading
The Role of Service Factor in Avoiding Gearbox Repair
There are many different factors to consider when choosing the right size and type of gearbox for your application – from gear drive rating and speed variation to thermal capacity and drive ratio. Ignore any of these, and you could … Continue reading
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Why Falk Long Term Grease is Best for T Couplings
Keeping your Steelflex T couplings properly lubricated is a key step in ensuring a long life and optimal performance. The most common coupling lubricant is grease, which consists of a base oil and a thickener. In ideal conditions, the oil … Continue reading
Falk T Coupling: How to Get Maximum Life
How you install your Falk T couplings will have a big impact on their performance and longevity. A poor or sloppy installation will send your coupling to its early grave, so it’s critical to carefully follow the manufacturer’s instructions. Hub … Continue reading
Everything I Need to Know about Life I Learned from a Falk Gearbox
Maybe it’s just because we spend so much time around surplus gear reducers, but we at Mar-Dustrial can’t help but admire the sheer ingenuity of a Falk gearbox. Gear reducers are fascinating machines – they use a series of gears … Continue reading
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Hansen Gear Reducers: Versatile Solutions for Bulk Materials
Bulk material handling applications, such as conveyors and bucket elevators, require robust drives that can handle high-torque loads. Hansen gear reducers have made a name for themselves in the mining and material handling industries, thanks to their superior engineering and … Continue reading
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Tagged Hansen gear reducer, Hansen gear reducers
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U.S. Corn Shortage: A Good Time to Make Gearbox Repairs
As those in the agriculture industry are acutely aware, the worst U.S. drought in half a century is threatening to reduce this year’s corn supply – and the shortage is having a ripple effect on the economy. With corn prices … Continue reading