MOVIMOT is SEW-Eurodrive’s motor-mounted digital frequency inverter for use in decentralized equipment installations. Startup is fast and simple. Integrated Ethernet/IP provides straight forward and simple access to the upper level PLC, and is completely connector based -- no hard-wiring required. Built-in I/O’s provide input for photo e
A team of chemists at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax is looking at methods to help East Coast mills produce pulp that can be used in the N95 respirator masks that have been in high demand during the global pandemic. Christa Brosseau, the lead researcher on the project, says fresh methods are needed to manufacture a supply of the…
A second outbreak of COVID-19 at an oilsands mine work camp in northern Alberta is concerning, observers say, but not even a vocal critic of the Alberta government’s handling of the pandemic would shut those operations down. The province relies too much on self-inspection and is too slow to take action on enforcement despite recent large out…
Defying a wave of layoffs that has sent the U.S. job market into its worst catastrophe on record, at least one major industry is making a comeback: Tens of thousands of auto workers are returning to factories that have been shuttered since mid-March due to fears of spreading the coronavirus. Until now, it was mostly hair salons, restaurants…
A key mission of NSK is to create products that contribute to the environment. Using a variety of approaches, NSK is moving closer to its goal of contributing to a safer, smoother society and helping protect the global environment. One such environmentally friendly product is the "High-Durability Precision Ball Screw." We asked
Powertrain as an electro-mechanical total package exemplifies the conceptual precondition for energy efficient integration of individual components. “Focusing entirely on digital components inhibits innovation,” said Daniel Assmann, managing director of Currax. This is why the Hamburg-based drive specialist relies largely on
IRWIN Industrial’s VCC SP160604-50K AC/DC light bulb is a 9W AC/DC LED light bulb that replaces 100W incandescent bulbs, while maintaining E26 base and A21 shape. It provides better lighting and lasting 50X longer. It
The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR; www.timken.com), a world leader in engineered bearings and power transmission products, will participate in the KeyBanc Industrials & Basic Materials Virtual Conference on May 28, 2020. Participating on behalf of Timken will be Philip D. Fracassa, executive vi
The board of directors of The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR; www.timken.com), a world leader in engineered bearings and power transmission products, today declared a quarterly cash dividend of 28 cents per share. The dividend is payable on June 3, 2020, to shareholders of record as of May 22, 2020.
U.S. manufacturing technology orders increased 8% in March from the previous month to $301.2 million, according to the latest U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders report published by AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology. New orders were 29.3% lower than in March 2019. Total orders through March
Individually tailored drive concepts based on the LogiDrive system solution from NORD DRIVESYSTEMS represent an optimal compromise between energy efficiency and a reduction of variants. They prove themselves in major intralogistics projects for airports or parcel centers where a large number of drive units ar
(AP) At the Fit4All Gym in Lebanon, Illinois, owner David Tate considers Elon Musk a huge ally in the fight against government coronavirus orders that Tate says are driving him into the poorhouse. Tate reopened his 250-member gym in defiance of state orders on Monday, the same day Musk restarted his huge San Francisco Bay Area factory despi…
A Cargill meat-processing plant south of Montreal announced it is closing its doors after at least 64 workers tested positive for COVID-19, even as schools across much of Quebec prepared to open theirs to students on Monday. The outbreak in Chambly, Que. marks the second time the company has experienced a COVID-19 closure at one of its facilit…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will not pay the full price for medical masks that do not live up to medical standards. “We have been working very, very hard from the very beginning to bring in PPE,” he said Saturday. The day before, however, the federal government suspended shipments of N95 respirators from a Montre…
Guillermo E. Morales-Espejel, principal scientist, SKF Research and Technology Development, has been awarded an honorary professorship by Imperial College, London one of the world’s leading science and engineering universities. The visiting professorship is the topic of tribology within the Imperial College
TT Electronics, a global provider of engineered electronics for performance critical applications, recently announced the addition of ten new product families to its professional audio portfolio. The portfolio expansion includes the introduction of five rotary potentiometer families, four slide potentiometers families, and one encoder se
Depending on design and application, pumps are fitted with high-speed anti-friction or journal bearings, and lubrication systems used may be oil pump pressurized, self-contained oil in a bearing housing, or dry sump systems using oil mist lubrication. In all cases, pumps are subjected to contaminants, wear metals, direct water or condens
