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Gearbox Oil Seal Leak Investigation: Symptoms, Causes, & More
Gearbox Oil Seal Leak Investigation: Symptoms, Causes, & More

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Gearbox Oil Seal Leak Investigation: Symptoms, Causes, & More

By Jeff Gibbons|2025-11-12T20:42:06+00:00November 6th, 2017|Application Examples|

Why Do Gearbox Seal Leaks Happen? Gearbox seal leaks are the bane of gearbox users. Since lubrication is the lifeblood of enclosed drives, maintaining oil levels is critical to long life. When oil starts leaking, corrective action is necessary, but what action? What’s going wrong? Actually, the answers can be varied as the gear type used, how it’s mounted, the speed it’s running, and the environment it’s in. Investigating a Gearbox Leak: A Real-World Example We had a user of a competitive worm gear speed reducer give us a call. He had his gearbox mounted [...]

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Machine Screwed Up (And Down)!
Machine Screwed Up (And Down)!

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Machine Screwed Up (And Down)!

By Jeff Gibbons|2025-11-12T20:42:06+00:00November 1st, 2017|Application Examples|

Screw jacks are just one member of the linear motion family, more suitable for relatively low-duty cycles. A customer had a problem we had to troubleshoot that highlighted what not to do. There are two common types of screw jacks. The first type of screw jack is the ball screw jack. They have recirculating balls in the threads that reduce friction, allowing for higher-duty cycles than the other type. The second type is the machine, or acme thread, screw jack that has a sliding action similar to a nut and bolt. This limits the [...]

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Mechanical Drive Design For Satellite Dish Positioning
Mechanical Drive Design For Satellite Dish Positioning

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Mechanical Drive Design For Satellite Dish Positioning

By Jeff Gibbons|2025-11-12T20:42:06+00:00October 24th, 2017|Application Examples|

The need for communication and data transfer are growing at a staggering rate. More satellites and more dishes are being put into service on a daily basis to satisfy and utilize the technological advances. While we have written about satellite dish applications before, there has been a recent explosion of inquiries from various companies producing these products in different sizes. The inquiries include large land-based satellite dish positioning drive designs and mobile applications used by the media, government agencies, and the military. In the most recent applications, the requests have been for system solutions [...]

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From Heaven To Earth
From Heaven To Earth

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From Heaven To Earth

By Jeff Gibbons|2025-11-12T20:41:24+00:00October 15th, 2017|Application Examples|

Most people think of cables, wires or electronic boxes when they think of communications equipment, but there is also the mechanical element involved when it comes to transmitting data between the ground and the sky. One of our customers sought us out with a number of mechanical requirements for a large, radar dish that was being designed. There wasn’t anything out of the ordinary about this radar engineering design, but it offered an opportunity to provide several of the wide variety of drive components we offer and work with the customer to help select [...]

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