ASI Drives, the trusted provider of transaxles and wheel drives for electric machines, is pleased to announce that it has been acquired by the ACCEDIA Group, a privately owned holding company comprising medium-sized businesses. ASI is joining forces with Tornado Drives, based in Berlin, Germany, an ACCEDIA Group company.
Krohne new Optiwave 6500C a radar level transmitter for powders and dusty atmospheres. It offers continuous measurements in silos, hoppers, and containers. The radar offers an 80 GHz (FMCW) band width radar and a 70 millimetre lens antenna. Has a measuring range over 100 metres. Other features include
Nova Scotia’s Labour Department says a stop work order has been partially lifted at the Donkin coal mine in Cape Breton. Production was shut down Feb. 13 after a rockfall in an area of the mine that saw another roof collapse two weeks earlier. There were no injuries reported in either incident, which occurred at an intersection betwee…
Teck Resources says it’s baffled over the virtual disappearance of a rare fish from a lengthy stretch of a long-contaminated river downstream from the company’s coal-mining operations in southeastern British Columbia. A recent survey of cutthroat trout, a species of special concern, in the Fording River immediately downstream from the mine…
Federal regulators want to fine Boeing $19.68 million for installing sensors that the agency says might not have been compatible with a system pilots use to see instrument readings. The sensors make it possible for pilots to use “heads-up” systems that display altitude, airspeed and other information on a glass screen in front of them s…
The Royal Canadian Navy’s maintenance facilities are having an increasingly tougher time fixing Canada’s warships because of staff shortages, lack of spare parts and the age of the fleet, according to an internal Defence Department study. The navy was also found to be critically short of sonar and sensor operators for its frigates while …
A boost in output from oilsands mines formerly operated by Shell Canada has sparked a $70-million expansion at a Shell oilsands upgrader, the president of Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. reported Thursday. Increased reliability and process improvements have lifted capacity at Shell’s former Albian mines in northern Alberta by about 40,000…
A utility company pleaded guilty Monday to causing a series of natural gas explosions in Massachusetts that killed one person and damaged dozens of homes. The president of Columbia Gas of Massachusetts, Mark Kempic, entered the plea in Boston’s federal court on behalf of the company responsible for the blasts that tore through three commu…
When users of the Chanmao Inc. food delivery service log into the company’s app next week, they’ll notice a new option: non-contact drop-offs. The feature – triggered by user demand and a desire to combat the recent outbreak of a novel form of coronavirus – will allow customers to request orders be left at front desks, with build…
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is cutting the third shift at its Windsor Assembly Plant beginning June 29. The automaker says it notified Unifor Thursday about the change that will affect about 1,500 employees. The move keeps the shift operational for an additional three months. Originally scheduled to shut down last September, the shift’s…
TC Transcontinental is launching a plastic recycling group to handle materials within its packaging operations and plastics recovered from other commercial, industrial and agricultural sources. The Montreal-based printer and packaging company says it will purchase equipment to convert flexible plastics into recycled plastic granules and wil…
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has signed a US$300-million deal investment deal with New Gold Inc. Under the agreement, the pension fund will acquire a 46 per cent free cash flow interest in the New Afton gold-and-copper mine. Ontario Teachers’ has an option to convert the interest into a 46 per cent joint venture interest after four y…
One of the largest components manufactured by Schaeffler last year was a double-row tapered roller bearing featuring an outer diameter measuring 3.6 meters and a weight just over nine tons. This bearing is used to support the main shaft in an offshore wind turbine. Although this bearing is currently used in overseas markets, it is
On March 3, 2020, NSK Ltd. (NSK; Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan; President & CEO: Toshihiro Uchiyama) was selected as a “Nadeshiko Brand” by the Tokyo Stock Exchange and Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). The Nadeshiko Brand is the highest-rank designation reserved for outstanding companies in terms
MTConnect Institute board of trustee members Stephan Biller, Ph.D., and Tom Kurfess, Ph.D., were elected in February to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) in recognition of professional excellence in engineering. Members of NAE are elected by their peers for outstanding contributions to research, practice, education, technology, a
Very often the report of a hot bearing is based on someone putting their hand on the housing and it “feels” hot. So what temperature should a bearing be running at? Predicting an Operating Temperature What temperature does a bearing operate at? This is a magical question and it is more about heat transfer than abo
Recently, I was asked was what to do with bearings after they have been installed into a machine. In context, users will rebuild an asset, such as a pump or a motor, and then store it until needed. The time of storage of such assets could be two or three years. The Question Is, Do We Preserve the Assembled Bearings?
