Italian company Motor Power present a series of worm and planetary gearmotors directly equipped with d.c. motors, with an extraordinary durability, wear resistance and small dimensions. Read the rest of this entry »

Clipper Windpower Marine Limited, has received a grant of GBP 2.5 million from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (“DECC”) for the manufacture of gearboxes for Project Britannia, a 10 MW offshore wind turbine currently under development by Clipper. Under the terms of the grant, David Brown Gear Systems is named as supplier of the prototype gearboxes. Read the rest of this entry »

Motovario has given a contribution to the project of the Kinetic Light Installation designed by the artist Antonio Barrese: the Tree of Light. Read the rest of this entry »

In an eye-catching TV advertisement, Sony has turned to one of the oldest moving picture technologies – the zoetrope – to promote one of the latest – flatscreen TVs. An unusual drive mechanism was chosen to spin the 3,000kg carousel up to peripheral speeds of 44km/h. Read the rest of this entry »

A test rig built at Centa Transmissions in Shipley is allowing the company to guarantee that the precision gearboxes it supplies to nuclear industry will never fail prematurely. Read the rest of this entry »

For the recent world tour of the famous rock band U2, Bonfiglioli have supplied the geared motors to raise and lower the massive audience video screens, weighing over 50 tonnes. Read the rest of this entry »

Varvel recently introduced the gearbox FRP71, expressly designed for feeding system (feeder) screw conveyors; the gearbox fitting does not comply with any standard and a wide range of fittings is offered to match the customer’s need. Read the rest of this entry »

Bison Gear celebrates 50 years of excellence: the gearmotor manufacturer looks to skills training, R&D and customer focus to continue successful American manufacturing legacy. Read the rest of this entry »

According to Italian company, the new CM wormgearboxes improved the technical characteristics of their previous CM range, improving therefore other worm gearboxes on the market. Read the rest of this entry »

NEUGART has released the NCP 2.1, the second generation of its calculation program for designing the complete drive train. According to Neugart, the NCP 2.1 enables the design of a complete power train, load – gearbox – motor; based on an input of load data, the system will calculate the selected gearbox. Read the rest of this entry »