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Machine Screwed Up (And Down)!

By |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

By |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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AHTD Fall 2017 Meeting

By |2025-11-12T20:42:06+00:00October 19th, 2017|DieQua News|

The Association of High Technology Distribution held the 2017 Fall convention, in Asheville, NC, held from October 3rd to October 6th, 2017. The AHTD was established to increase the productivity, profitability and market share of their Automation Solution Providers and the manufacturers that supply them products and services. DieQua’s President Meikel Quaas and Motion Products Manager Tom Kahn were in attendance as manufacturer members. The AHTD is an important and influential organization as its distributor members are some of the most competent and professional motion products and system suppliers across the entire continent. Attending [...]

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2017 Fall Sales Meeting

By |2025-11-12T20:41:10+00:00October 10th, 2017|DieQua News|

From September 29th to 30th, DieQua Corporation held the 10th annual sales meeting, at their national headquarters in Bloomingdale IL. Approximately 20 sales representatives from the four corners of the United Sates attended to engage in product education, professional development and team building. The event kicked off Thursday evening with a welcome reception at Eaglewood Resort. As the representatives arrived at the resort they were greeted by DieQua’s sales support staff and treated to a light dinner buffet. This atmosphere provided an opportunity for the field personnel to reconnect with the corporate group as well [...]

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DieQua is ISO-Certified!

By |2025-11-12T20:41:10+00:00September 27th, 2017|DieQua News|

Congratulations to the entire team at DieQua Corporation for the successful completion of an in-depth set of assessments to achieve the honor of ISO 9001:2015 Certification . ISO 9001:2015 is the most widely recognized and internationally accepted standard for a comprehensive quality management system. What does ISO mean to you? As a customer, you can rely on DieQua to be committed to the continuous improvement of customer satisfaction & quality.

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Reciprocating Motion Without Servos

By |2025-11-12T20:41:10+00:00September 26th, 2017|Application Examples|

Shaft-phasing gearboxes can be used for more than just registration and timing applications. In this example, the customer discovered a unique application for shaft-phasing gearboxes, using their dual input gear drive design to achieve reciprocating motion, beyond traditional registration and timing applications. Shaft-phasing gearboxes go by a variety of names - including speed correction drives and timing differentials. The differential moniker came from the original bevel gear designs, with side spider gears, that could be rotated with or against the direction of the main drive gears. This had the effect of speeding up or slowing [...]

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Getting Up On the Wrong Side of the Bed

By |2025-11-12T20:41:10+00:00September 24th, 2017|Application Examples|

The name John Madden may be familiar if you follow professional football. He was the long-time commentator on Monday Night Football (now Sunday nights) who traveled everywhere by bus. The rumor was he was afraid of flying. No, this is not an article about John Madden. But it is an article about a bus. Mr. Madden is not the only one that rides in modified tour buses. Band crews, racing crews, and a variety of other groups that travel a circuit use modified buses to provide comfort and cost-effective movement from city to city. These [...]

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Spinea Cycloidal Units

By |2025-11-12T20:41:10+00:00September 19th, 2017|Application Examples, Product Focus|

The benefits of zero backlash, high torsional rigidity, high tilting capacity, and compact size enable most industrial robots to perform precise pick-and-place tasks. But it isn’t just robots that need these benefits. Devices as large as machine tools and as small as optical systems need the features that both flex spline and cycloidal gear designs offer in one way or another. While there are a couple of significant players supplying these types of drives, Spinea’s unique cycloidal gear design provides distinct advantages over the competition. For one, the torque density is unmatched providing more capacity [...]

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DieQua Gearbox Maintenance Tips

By |2025-11-12T21:44:29+00:00September 15th, 2017|Educational|

Gearbox Maintenance Tips and Mistakes to Avoid DieQua offers tips for installing, operating, and maintaining gearboxes. Below, we discuss common gearbox maintenance mistakes and how to avoid them. Specifically, our tips include both the error and the preventative measures in each of these scenarios so you can best learn how to maintain a gearbox. Tip 7 - Correctly Mount Servo Gearhead It is incorrect to mount a gearhead horizontally, as it allows for the increasing of some loads associated. This horizontal orientation causes lateral misalignment which shortens the [...]

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