Posts by Simon Barrell

2 minute read
| July 27, 2010

Low inertia Power-Core spur gear increases caplet machine output

One of our customers, who manufactures packaging machines for the pharmaceutical industry to produce caplets, sought to...
2 minute read
| June 15, 2010

Guide rollers hold camera steady on gantry suspended over race track

The average speed of a NASCAR car varies from one race track to another, it is calculated based on the winner’s lap speed...
5 minute read
| May 26, 2010

Flat spot development on steel/plastic rollers in skid steer cab door

We wrote in our last post about wear on steel cam followers, below we have some more images that offer a great illustration...
3 minute read
| May 12, 2010

Are steel cam followers overrated for use in packaging machines?

“Metal cam followers are overrated” said one packaging engineer in a recent conversation when asked why he opted for...
2 minute read
| May 4, 2010

Power-Core gear segment and pinion in high-speed card feeder

A high frequency reciprocating gear and pinion being used in a feeder to insert postcards into magazines was suffering...
| April 19, 2010

Double-rowed Power-Core drive sprocket in packaging machine

In food industry applications lubrication is always an issue, so for a packaging machine we designed a composite...
3 minute read
| April 6, 2010

Sliding-door roller assembly permitted by fire and building codes

Fire and building codes were modified a decade ago to permit the use of horizontal sliding door systems in many...
| March 31, 2010

No Embrittlement on Guide Rollers for Whistler Peak 2 Peak Cable Cars

When you are hanging a record 1,430 feet above the ground in a heavy cable car you want to be sure that the rollers it is...
2 minute read
| March 16, 2010

Combating vibration, shaft bearings are only as good as their grease

Intech Power-Core™ guide rollers and iCamFollowers™ absorb shock and vibration and their life is typically calculated for...
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