Ruland and Reliance Precision have agreed to cooperate by offering Reliance designed and manufactured slit couplings through Ruland’s eCommerce platform and extensive worldwide distribution network. Ruland will stock and bore to size a wide selection of slit couplings in its Marlborough (more...)

Huco has launched an e-commerce service that allows end users to order precision couplings direct from its manufacturing headquarters. The online platform has been created to allow small-volume orders to be delivered globally, with next day shipping on standard orders. Huco offers a variety of (more...)

KTR UK has appointed Mark Humphrey as its new business development manager in charge of distribution. The 28-year-old will be tasked with working on a national level with KTR’s existing distribution network, as well as identifying and developing opportunities with new business. Mark joins (more...)

SG Transmission has designed a custom made, size Ø50 permanent magnet brake, for a major global motor manufacturer, which will meet the same performance criteria whilst being 7% smaller. The client required a 4Nm brake design solution, reduced in size to fit its existing motor frame with (more...)

SG Transmission has recently signed an agreement with a leading South Korean robotic manufacturer, to provide a permanent magnet brake which is small, lightweight and has a relatively high torque. The UK Company, which designs and manufactures a range of electromagnetic clutches and brakes at its (more...)

Four of Reliance’s engineering apprentices have returned to work following the successful completion of a four-day residential exercise with the Army, designed to challenge their engineering and design skills. Designed and delivered by the Engineering Officers of the Royal Electrical & (more...)

Huco Dynatork is supplying CLAAS Industrietechnik with its multi-beam couplings for use in a power-split transmission for its newest range of ARION 500/600 series tractors. Having identified a contamination issue caused by the ‘as-machined’ delivery condition of many manufacturers’ (more...)

Altra Industrial Motion, a global manufacturer and marketer of electromechanical power transmission and motion control products, has closed on the acquisition of the Stromag business from GKN. Stromag generated approximately 131 million euros in revenue in 2015, and the acquisition is anticipated to (more...)

The compact and high performance ROBA-DS disk pack couplings from Mayr Power Transmission have been certified by DNV GL. They ensure maximum possible operational and functional safety for users on the high seas. These couplings are robust, reliable and temperature-resistant. They are therefore (more...)

KTR started up a new test bench for large couplings covering a performance range up to 500,000Nm at its headquarters in Rheine. The test bench allows to mechanical coupling parameters to be calculated and service life testing to be performed. Testing sample of the initial testing series is a torque (more...)