In recent years, manufacturing plants have recognized the importance of improving compressed air system efficiencies. Two key points for plant engineers and energy conservation champions to focus on are to eliminate leaks and to reduce air compressor operating pressure to the lowest set-point possible.
Leaks and pressure drops can occur anywhere, both on the supply side and demand side. These two wasteful energy consumers are typically most prevalent within the final 30 ft between the main distribution headers and the operating equipment, commonly referred to as the “Dirty 30.” This includes pipe runs and associated items such as valves, pressure regulators, filters, lubricators, quick disconnects, hoses, and flexible connections.
Contact Binkelmman Corporation Fluid Power Product Specialist, Mike Thomas, mike.thomas@binkelman.local or 419.537.9333 to schedule an appointment to discuss air loss and to conduct a survey at your facility.
The simatherm IH 025 VOLCANO marks the start of a new
era in the field of portable induction heaters. The patented technology
enables outstanding heating performance from an extremely
light structure. You can use it to heat roller bearings with an
inner diameter as small as 20 mm (0.79 in) up to on outer diameter
of 160 mm (6.30 in) and a weight of up to 10 kg (22 lbs).
To do this, simply place the workpiece onto the VOLCANO’s cone
shaped heating surface.
FEATURES
Portable, compact and very light (7.7 lbs)
A bearing weighing 11 lbs can be heated to 230°F in under four minutes
Silent operation – No support yoke required – simply place the workpiece on the device
Predictive temperature control (PTC) software for automatic temperature monitoring
SEE VOLCANO IN ACTION:
Making the right choice when it comes to soft starters and drives in your motor starting applications will save you money. This video walks you through how to find the right balance between performance and budget limitations by explaining the differences in soft starters and drives, and the applications on when to use them.
“All hoses will eventually fail, it’s just a matter of when” is an often ignored, but essential fact to remember when working with hydraulic hoses. Moreover, if a hose suddenly fails, it can have dire consequences, including increased labor and material cost, unscheduled downtime, and, most importantly, injury of those working on or near the hose. Avoiding failure should be a prime directive for any process or application that uses hydraulic hoses but, unfortunately, that’s not always the case.
Welcome to www.energysaveOhio.com: Your First Source for Energy Savings!
This site provides all the information and resources you need to take advantage of commercial and industrial energy efficiency incentive programs from Ohio Edison, The Illuminating Company and Toledo Edison (FirstEnergy’s Ohio utilities). These programs are being offered pursuant to Ohio Senate Bill 221 of 2008 and are designed to help meet the state’s goals to reduce both electricity usage and peak demand while encouraging commercial and industrial customers to save energy and money. The cost of these programs is recovered through non-residential customer rates in accordance with SB 221.
Click below for link and full details of this money saving program!
Across industries, variable frequency drives (VFDs) have been used for more than 40 years to save energy and energy costs and reduce wear-and-tear on valuable motor and pump assets. Today, drives are fundamentally used in the same way, but drive technology has evolved and improved—yielding highly compact drives that are better able than ever to reduce energy consumption and improve reliability, while extending equipment life.
Further, organizations can realize additional cost and time savings by integrating medium-voltage VFDs in their motor control center lineup. This results in systems that take up less space, are quicker to install, and require less equipment to buy and maintain.
How many times have you opened a locked closet door or cabinet drawer inside your facility to find it overflowing with junk? You have just breached a hoarder’s hidden treasure trove of spare parts and consumable materials. Hoarding is often a practice or workaround driven by a failure of some or all our your materials management business processes, The process to effect change and eliminate these hidden stores begins by asking “why?” (maybe mulitple times) to determine root cause.
In the world of manufacturing, we are looking for better, more efficient ways to improve our production uptime and quality, reduce the cost per unit, improve human capital utilization and create a higher quality of work life for our personnel. Kitting for maintenance crafts to perform their tasks is one of the easier and more effective ways to allow quality completion of the job with minimal productivity impact, especially when accompanied by a well-planned and functionally scheduled job.
Baldor addresses handling motor requirements for export quite nicely in this whitepaper.
As American manufacturers increase exports to 50 hertz countries, there arises the problem of supplying motors for 50 hertz service at an array of unfamiliar voltages. Fortunately there are some possibilities available that make it feasible to handle many of these requirements without waiting for special designs.
Koyo’s Training Vehicle (KTV) is designed and equipped to provide you withworld-class bearing education and training… at your convenience. For in-depth, informative training that provides real solutions, there is no better resource than the Koyo Training Vehicle (KTV). This unique mobile training facility has been designed with a number of features to allow you maximum flexibility for almost any purpose. With a 42” PC compatible flat plasma screen, DVD and VHS players and a comfortable atmosphere, the KTV provides easy, convenient access to Koyo products, capabilities and services. Presentations available on:
Bearing Failure, Causes and Countermeasures
Bearing Mounting/Lubrication
and More
To schedule the KTV for a training class contact your Binkelman Account Manager.
