Intech Power-Core Thermoplastics Engineering Blog

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| 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...
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| 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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| 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...
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| 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...
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| 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...
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| 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...
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