What is machine lubrication?
Increase profits by recycling metalworking fluids
Leaders in the metalworking and metal forming industries understand fluid recycling can have a positive effect on their bottom line
Your questions answered: Tips on avoiding leakage, downtime and equipment failure
Presenters Brian Kalfrin and Jack Bagain from John Crane answered questions on topics such as adequate seal pot pressure, seal reliability, and more.
Optimize a maintenance program for rotating equipment
Some things to think about when it comes to reliability.
Selecting lubricating greases: What you should know
Pay close attention to specifications and monitor your operations closely.
Selecting the right industrial gear oil
Viscosity grade and speed are among the determining factors when making a selection for industrial gear oil.
Taking a Big Data approach to lubrication management
Maintenance is a perfect fit for an IIoT world.
Thinking inside the box: Energy costs drive ac-drive innovations
The types of ac drives used with ac induction motors are V/Hz, encoderless and flux vector. While there are many drives available for synchronous and servo motors, induction motors have the majority of applications. Sensorless vector control is the same as encoderless vector control, which better describes its operation.
Basics of low-voltage circuit breakers
A circuit breaker is designed to keep an undesirably large amount of current, voltage, or power out of a given part of an electrical circuit. Industrial circuit breaker categories tend to follow voltage classes, which are divided according to magnitude. The IEEE divides voltage systems into four classes listed in the table titled "IEEE voltage classifications.
Choosing between IEC and NEMA motor controls
Key Concepts NEMA and IEC motor controls differ in size, ruggedness, and complexity. The solid-state overload relay is common to both NEMA and IEC motor controls.