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Speed reducers are a very important part of mechanical power transmission systems. There are several different types available, each with certain features. Installing the wrong gear reducer into an application can be disastrous. The first step to choosing a gear reducer is to know what torque and...

03/08/2021

Sumitomo is excited to announce our partnership with R.L. Matus & Associates! Sumitomo has an extensive offering of high precision cycloidal and strain wave products. R.L. Matus & Associates is perfectly positioned to take these to market. R. L. Matus & Associates is a Manufacturers' Representative...

02/03/2021

Our brazen new member of the Bevel BuddyBox series has arrived. Meet the BBB-H industrial gearbox.

01/15/2021

Capital projects are common in many industrial facilities across the United States. There was a recent report that named four specific industries — mining, metal, pulp, and paper — which collectively are spending $33.19 billion in capital expenditures in 2020 alone. To ensure that your company will...

12/14/2020

An Illinois Automation Plant redesigned their application from a single gearmotor running two shafts (with a series of chain/sprockets/idlers) to a direct drive system containing one gearmotor for each shaft.

10/23/2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Industrial Gearmotor Specialist Sumitomo Drive Technologies Presents the New Hansen M5CT Industrial Gearbox for Wet Cooling Tower WCT and Air-Cooled Condenser ACC. Chesapeake, 10/21/2020 The official market launch of the new Hansen M5CT industrial gearbox took place on October...

10/21/2020

Well, the time has finally arrived. That gearbox has possibly been around before you started working at your company. You know the one we're talking about. It's continually having problems like mechanical failures and needs more gearbox maintenance than your team has time to handle.

10/19/2020

...but these jokes are. Now that we've gotten the awful puns out the way, Halloween is almost here, and it's going to be SPOOKtacular (sorry.)

10/15/2020