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A large metal recycling facility in South Carolina needed an Ameridrives U3440 U-Joint repaired quickly on its 5000 HP auto shredder. A piece of unshreddable material hit the machine’s rotating hammer, causing the U-joint’s bearing cap to fail.
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Altra Renewable Energy will be present at the first ever online WindEnergy Hamburg exhibition, displaying products and service solutions designed to maximise the reliability, performance and environmental benefits of wind turbine generators (WTG).
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Ameridrives Universal Joint Rebuild and Repair Service Brochure Just Released. Ameridrives is the only American manufacturer of large universal joints up to 1300 mm in diameter with local sales and engineering support along with a comprehensive rebuild and repair program.
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A large steel producer was experiencing failures of the U-joints on a plate mill leveler at their Indiana plant. The mill produces 160 in. wide plates that are then cut-to-length. The 350 mm U-Joints drive a series of 6 upper and 7 lower rollers that level 2 in. to 6 in. thick steel plates as they pass through.
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Quite often, the collection of precise data in drive technology applications can be problematic. Data monitoring in a rotating drivetrain is difficult because a direct networking cable connection is often not an available option. Nothing sends shivers down the spine of for example, a production line manager or a system integrator like uncertainty.
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