Posts by Simon Barrell

| May 13, 2011

Still Lubricating your Rack and Pinion System?

Lubricating a rack and pinion gear drive is often done manually. In industries, such as in food processing or packaging,...
3 minute read
| March 28, 2011

Electrically insulated gear box for electrolytic metal deposition

To increase the capacity of their metal deposition furnaces with typically one cathode and one anode, we were approached by...
| January 31, 2011

Stainless steel chain plating drum drive replaced by lube free gears

One of our customers, who use an aggressive liquid bath in a plating process for coating metal parts, was experiencing a...
2 minute read
| January 27, 2011

Roller Assembly Technology that Effortlessly Opens Doors & Partitions

Manufacturers and designers of precision sliding doors and indoor/outdoor architectural partitions are always searching for...
2 minute read
| January 19, 2011

Why Do Intech Power-Core Gears Last?

Rugged, high performance Intech Power-Core™ gears, rollers, and cam followers are individually calculated and designed from...
| January 17, 2011

Power-Core Screen Support in Fish Crowder for Oregon River Project

As a result of writing these blog posts, we realize that increasingly we have become an integral part of projects that...
2 minute read
| January 13, 2011

Self-Lubricating Plastic Gear System Replaces Pulley Drive-Train

When Dexter Magnetic Technologies introduced a dual axis robotic manipulator to control sputtering in the manufacturing of...
| August 27, 2010

Cam Followers for RT Light Testers in Can Making Production Line

In a high speed can making production line, light inspection is required to find pin holes and split flanges after the...
| August 10, 2010

Drive sprocket for Escalator handrail extends maintenance intervals

“Shut down for maintenance, use the stairs please.” We have grown accustomed to signs like these in public places like...
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