Shaft runout is described as a centreline deviation issue. To illustrate this drive transmission glitch, imagine the rod of a drive shaft. It moves around its axis, always. Should the drive rod’s centre of radial motion stray, it’ll develop runout. This drift movement is clearly undesirable. Nonetheless, runout problems and misalignment errors can occur in […]
Based on powder metallurgy technology, sintered bronze bearings deliver a very familiar feature. That opening sentence is, of course, referring to the material’s porous build. Friction counteracting lubricants are stored inside the metal’s tiny chambers. Okay, so this general property gets mentioned in every article, because that’s what the bearings do best, but there’s more […]
Let’s match two manufacturing giants, toe-to-toe and kilo for kilo. On one side, there’s the machining industry. It’s not going anywhere, but there are certainly times when this sector could benefit from a few process-oriented refinements. As for the competitor, this is a heavyweight. Sintering technology is, by its very nature, a refined and economical […]
Processing plants use catalysts to trigger active chemical reactions. The material makeup of this substance makes it possible for previously unsustainable compound alterations to take place. Alternatively, catalysts accelerate existing chemical reactions. Once upon a time, as all stories begin, solid metals were used to facilitate such processes. They transformed compounds, acted as oxidisers, and […]
Powder Metallurgy equipment is gaining traction, which is to say the gear is finding its way into more industrial settings. Is this because there’s no forging equipment to operate? Developed as a powder compaction process, there’s no furnace or poured metals, which then have to cool before they can be ejected from their castings. No, […]