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,... Read More
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... Read More
| February 17, 2011

Plastic gear material shows no water absorption after 700 hrs submerged in water

Ordinary plastic gears expand when they absorb moisture, internal stresses are relaxed, and the tensile strength drops by... Read More
| 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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
| 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... Read More
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... Read More
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