Processing fresh fish necessitates a hygienic environment with regular washdowns, followed by frigid temperatures for freezing final products. That’s why machinery in such settings must be extremely rugged — and why one fish supplier has used motors from Bauer Gear Motor for the last few years. Van Der Lee Seafish processes approximately 200 tons of […]
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New Sure-Flex Plus coupling cost savings calculator from TB Wood’s
TB Wood’s has created a new program that allows users to quantify just how significant the savings can be when replacing a copy-cat coupling sleeve with the high performance Sure-Flex Plus EPDM or Neoprene sleeve. The program is now available at www.tbwoods.com or it can be installed as a smartphone app on any Android or […]
Altra completes acquisition of Stromag: Accretive within year of operations
Altra Industrial Motion Corp., a global manufacturer and marketer of electromechanical power transmission and motion control products, today announced that on December 30, 2016 it closed on the acquisition of the Stromag business from GKN plc. Stromag generated approximately 131 million euros in revenue in 2015, and the acquisition is anticipated to be accretive to Altra’s […]
Trends in clutches and brakes leverage software and customization
Clutches and brakes hold, stop or index loads in motion designs. Especially over the last five years, a trend toward application-specific components has quickened as several industries push the performance envelope of stock parts. So, we asked industry experts about this and other trends spurring clutch and brake innovation. The biggest growth in industrial clutch and […]
Growing trend: More application-specific clutches and brakes
Clutches and brakes are a mainstay in motion designs that need to stop, hold, or index loads. Especially over the last five years, a technology trend towards application-specific designs has quickened as several industries are pushing the performance envelope of stock components. So, we recently asked six industry experts for comments on this and other […]
Altra Announces Acquisition of Guardian Industries
Altra Industrial Motion Corp. (Nasdaq:AIMC), a global manufacturer and marketer of electromechanical power transmission and motion control products, announced the acquisition of Guardian Industries, Inc. Founded in 1941 and based in Michigan City, Indiana, Guardian manufactures a wide range of products including shaft couplings, motion control couplings, flywheel couplings, hydraulic pump drives, compressor drives and […]
Altra Named in ‘Forbes America’s 100 Most Trustworthy Companies’
Altra Industrial Motion Corp. (Nasdaq:AIMC) a global designer, producer and marketer of a wide range of electromechanical power transmission products, was recently named in “Forbes America’s 100 Most Trustworthy Companies.” Altra, headquartered in Braintree, Mass., achieved an AGR (Accounting Governance and Risk) score of 97 out of a possible 100, which was tied for both […]
Altra Industrial Motion Completes Acquisition of Svendborg Brakes
Altra Industrial Motion Corp. (Nasdaq:AIMC) announced that it has closed on the acquisition of Svendborg Brakes A/S and S.B. Patent Holding ApS (together “Svendborg”), a global manufacturer of premium quality caliper brakes. Headquartered in Vejstrup, Denmark, Svendborg provides engineered braking systems for a wide range of industrial markets including oil & gas, mining, wind power, […]
Altra Launches Updated Multilingual Online Literature Portal
Altra Industrial Motion recently announced it has added new enhancements and content to their literature portal at www.altraliterature.com. Altra is a multinational designer, producer and marketer of a wide range of mechanical power transmission products sold in over 70 countries throughout the world. International visitors can now view the site in various languages including Chinese, […]
Inertia Dynamics launches new website
Inertia Dynamics has launched a new corporate website which provides detailed information about their full line of electromagnetic clutches and brakes, spring applied brakes, wrap spring clutches and brakes, motor brakes, controls and Moment of Inertia Measurement Equipment. The website, www.inertiadynamics.com, is easy to navigate and features a link to the Inertia Dynamics product Literature […]
