Shore-to-Ship Power System Meets Environmental Sustainability Standards

Set to supply power to the docks of Genoa port, Nidec ASI is undertaking a major project worth 8 million euros, whose technical innovations...

Industrial Enterprise Monitoring Makes the Connection

Today’s industrial operations face numerous enterprise-level reliability, performance, and sustainability challenges, which are difficult to systematically identify, prioritize, and correct to maximize operational potential....

Driven Toward Innovation

Ferdinand Porsche is best known today for the sports cars that bear his name, but, among other engineering breakthroughs, he also built the first...

Encompassing an Optimized Match Between Bearings and Applications: Part 1 of...

Wherever there is rotating machinery—pumps included—rolling bearings perform vital functions. In general, they support shaft loads, reduce friction through rolling motion, and provide shaft...

Vibration Monitoring That Anyone Can Afford: Part 1 of 2

Vibration monitoring is a crucial component for almost any manufacturing concern, especially when facility managers are charged with ensuring the performance of high power,...

Drive-based Functional Safety

Today, new drive technology is making the previously complicated job of implementing a machine safety system much easier. Recent technical advances make safer operation...

Efficiency Deficiency

Eddy current drives, known alternately as magnetic drives or eddy current couplings, have been a trusted and reliable means of controlling pump speed dating...

Industrial Electric Gas Boosters Promise Quieter, Cleaner, Hassle-Free Operation

By Del Williams For many applications, industrial gases such as nitrogen, oxygen, argon, CO2, and others are delivered in steel cylinders at pressures of 2,000-2,600...

Element Inspection Criteria for Couplings

Baldor-Dodge Raptor’s easy to assemble, patent-pending split rubber element significantly decreases total cost of ownership and extends driven equipment life. Designed for drop-in interchangeability,...

Shedding Light on Submersibles

Recent changes in solar pumping technology have the potential to turn the market on its head. For years, solar-powered pumping systems have been used...