Eliminate Timing Drift & Mechanical Failure in High-Volume Print Operations
Mechanical connection failures common to the printing industry can significantly disrupt system performance, positional accuracy, and overall print quality.
High-Volume Print Applications
In high-volume print industry machinery, synchronized multi-stage operations are essential for minimizing cycle times and maximizing production efficiency. Traditional keyed shaft-to-hub connections are common but are prone to mechanical breakdowns under repetitive load cycles and dynamic torque conditions.
Over time, keyways can develop backlash, leading to misalignment, timing drift, and eventual mechanical failure. This connection deterioration can undermine synchronization between stages, resulting in print defects and unplanned downtime.
Keyless Locking Devices Provide Reliable Connections for Plastic Extrusion Equipment
Climax Keyless Locking Devices eliminate the use of keyed connections on plastic extrusion machinery while delivering enhanced longevity, reliability, and performance.
Plastic Extrusion Equipment Requires Reliable Connection
The global market for extrusion machinery is set to grow 4.5% annually by 2030. Plastics leads the industry, driving 77.2% of total revenue. This growth is driven by a rising demand across various sectors and a stronger push towards sustainability.
In high-pressure plastics manufacturing, high-torque injection molding machines are the industry standard. These machines face strenuous demands, particularly when maintaining positional accuracy and repeatability across the driveline. Over time, traditional keyed connections can degrade under stress, leading to wear, backlash, and timing irregularities. To ensure long-term performance and safety, the plastic extrusion process necessitates a shaft-to-hub connection that is reliable, resists harsh environments, and maintains structural integrity. (more…)
Small Components from Climax Provide Big Impact in Automation Systems
In automation applications, shaft collars and rigid couplings are essential in maintaining alignment, ensuring torque transmission and delivering consistent results.
Automation Systems in Auto Assembly Plants
With today’s fast-paced manufacturing environment, factories and machines rely on automated processes to get things done. From initial processing to the final package, these systems are required to be efficient, consistent and reliable. Climax offers rigid couplings and shaft collars in a wide range of sizes and styles, key to keeping automation systems running smoothly and dependably.
Rigid couplings are a mechanical component with a single purpose: to connect two straight shafts together in fixed alignment. As the workhorse of the coupling family, rigid couplings provide high torque transmission, torsional rigidity, and ensure zero backlash. These characteristics are imperative for automation systems where precision and repeatability are vital.
Keyless Rigid Moment Couplings Ensure Connection in Agriculture Conveying Equipment
Climax C600-Series Keyless Rigid Moment Couplings provide a superior solution for hydraulic motors and gearboxes over traditional misalignment couplings in agriculture applications.
Combine Harvesters Incorporate Conveyor Belts
When it’s time to harvest mature crop growth, combine harvesters are the most commonly used harvesting equipment by farmers. With an expected annual growth rate of 8.2% through 2030, combine harvesters are equipped with multiple conveyor belts that facilitate the reaping, threshing, and winnowing required during the harvesting process. Traditional methods for mounting hydraulic motors and gearboxes in conveyor applications often incorporate misalignment couplings that require frequent servicing. This potential failure can lead to downtime, negatively impacting production and profitability.
Stainless Steel Shaft Collars Superior for Demanding Food Processing Environments
Shaft collars manufactured from T316 stainless steel targets rust contamination issues found in hostile environments where frequent wash-downs are common and costly.
Paddle Mixers Used in Baking Applications
In the Baking Industry and general food processing environments, contamination from metal corrosion is a significant issue that many manufacturers face. In baking applications, the main sources of metal corrosion are the extremely harsh wash down environments, the use of highly corrosive cleaning and sanitation products, and the near-constant humid atmospheres within processing facilities. Equipment manufacturers are consistently tasked with selecting materials for machinery capable of withstanding these conditions. Once rust and corrosion occur, eradicating them from processing facilities becomes a time-consuming and costly process. Carefully designed equipment and utilizing components manufactured from adequately corrosion-resistant materials, contamination can be kept to a minimum.
Reliable Connection for Vibrating Applications in the Recycling Industry
Climax Keyless Locking Devices offer a superior solution to traditional keyed connections in screeners and vibrating conveyor applications commonly found in recycling facilities.
Conveyors Utilized in Recycling Applications
The recycling industry relies on heavy machinery, such as vibrating conveyors and screeners, to transport and sort materials. These machines require a strong shaft/hub connection capable of handling high torque due to constant motion and vibration. Vibratory machines often use keyed connections, which can reduce shaft strength by up to 30%, making the shaft more vulnerable to torsional and bending stresses. Additionally, when set screws are used to secure components on a shaft, marring can occur. The small oscillatory movements and vibrations make these machines susceptible to keyway fretting, causing gradual erosion over time.
Custom Designed Solution for Roller Coaster Lap Bar Applications
In the dynamic world of amusement park engineering, Climax Keyless Locking Devices provide design engineers with the flexibility necessary to navigate even the most challenging obstacles in the industry.
In today’s dynamic market, the global amusement park industry stands as an economic force, with a value just shy of $64 billion US dollars. Forecasts predict substantial growth in the years ahead, solidifying its position in the entertainment sector. The relentless appeal of whirling attractions and the delighted screams of guests spanning all ages present park owners with an excess of unique challenges to navigate. At the forefront of concerns lies the drive to craft unforgettable experiences, deliver cutting-edge attractions, and uphold the highest of standards of safety and integrity for riders.
These expectations have spurred a demand for (more…)
Semiconductor Manufacturing Industry Requires Positional Accuracy & Repeatability
Climax Keyless Locking Devices provide a reliable solution when connecting drive line components in high-speed index packaging machinery commonly used in the semiconductor manufacturing industry.
Semiconductor Manufacturing
As the demand for semiconductors and associated components continues to rise, high-speed index machinery needs to operate at peak efficiency. Increased production is essential, putting a great deal of strain on manufacturing equipment. The drive line components, in particular, need to maintain positional accuracy and repeatability. Unfortunately, keyed connections can wear out, become out of sync, or break down, causing excessive downtime and loss of productivity.
The semiconductor manufacturing industry is one that relies heavily on the positional accuracy of its machinery, making a reliable shaft connection vital. Climax Keyless Locking Devices (KLDs) are an excellent solution for (more…)
Superior Connection for Vertical Scrubbers Found in Automated Car Wash Systems
Climax Keyless Rigid Moment Couplings provide a superior connection solution for vertical scrubbers, eliminating problems associated with traditional keyed methods.
Vertical Brush Application in Car Wash Systems
Cloth-friction wash systems, popular in automated car wash facilities, incorporate the use of soft cloths or brushes. As the vehicle moves through the car wash tunnel, these soft cloths or brushes move around the exterior surface of the vehicle, eliminating unwanted dirt and debris.
This cloth-friction wash system incorporates design features where large vertical mechanisms called scrubbers have multiple cloth strips attached to them. These scrubbers rotate at a very high speed, spinning the cloth strips as they encounter the sides and top of the vehicle while it moves past the scrubbers. The cloths are soft, but since they spin at a high rate of speed, (more…)
Custom Designed Two-Piece Couplings Offer a Superior Solution for Line Shafts
Climax Two-Piece Clamping Couplings provide a superior solution for line shaft failed components, saving countless hours of downtime and increasing productivity.
Climax Custom Designed Coupling
Line shafts are an essential element in the power transmission industry and are used primarily to synchronize multiple components on equipment. Line shafts are common in many industries, including Timber, Forestry, Food Processing, Glass Production, Bottling, and Mills.
Recently, a customer was faced with a challenge where a one-piece tapered bushing used to mount several lever arms onto a line shaft continued to fail. As a result of using a one-piece tapered bushing, maintenance was tasked with the tedious process of removing all other components mounted between the bushing and the egress point. This removal process was often labor-intensive and required extended downtime, resulting in a loss of profits and productivity.
Climax’s knowledgeable engineering team, in collaboration with the customer, designed a two-piece clamping coupling with a welded lever arm as a solution to the customer’s problem. The two-piece clamping coupling was designed with sufficient torque and axial load capacity to address the failure issue faced by the customer. Additionally, the use of a (more…)
