Roller Drive and Gap Control

By |2023-12-12T19:40:27-06:00July 26th, 2018|Application Examples, Educational|

Providing production flexibility in machinery design, to manufacture or process different product sizes for example, is becoming more of a necessity with today’s desire for shorter runs and quicker deliveries. With our consultative approach and some unique capabilities, we were able to help a recent customer achieve the flexibility he needed. A prospect recently contacted us with interest in our spiral bevel gearboxes with hollow output shaft. His task was to feed material through two counter rotating drums or rollers. The kicker was that different material sizes where required, meaning the center distance between [...]

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A Concrete Example of Motion Control Benefits

By |2021-09-23T17:05:24-05:00July 24th, 2018|Application Examples|

The infrastructure and building construction industry is vital to the growth of a dynamic economy. Commercial building and bridge support structures are one element of these industries. Concrete continues to play an important role as a primary material resource. The development of improved manufacturing and converting methods, for standard and custom structural building products, is an ongoing endeavor. Especially now when the construction industry faces such big challenges to provide cost effective structures with adequate ROI. A customer recently approached us with a design challenge to assist them in improving the automation of their [...]

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Servos Get Up to Speed

By |2023-08-07T19:11:28-05:00July 16th, 2018|Application Examples|

For many products, the package can cost more than the contents inside. Considering the competition for shelf space and consumer attention, package quality is important in marketing the product. To assemble the package properly, it has to be cut to the right length. That was the challenge. A customer of ours was developing a new cutoff machine design for use at the end of a package printing line. The paperboard stock was printed, creased, and die cut, then had to be cut off to the proper length for quality folding and assembly. Tolerances for [...]

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DieQua Technical Institute – July 2018

By |2018-07-12T17:11:33-05:00July 12th, 2018|DieQua News, Educational|

Between July 10 and July 12, DieQua hosted a 2nd DieQua Technical Institute of 2018. These sessions - known as DTI for short - are held two to three times a year. Attendees have the opportunity to learn about products and ask questions. Every year, DieQua seeks to enlighten and educate distributors on the vast array of potential solutions. DTI is a two-day training class covering the analytical process of identifying the characteristics of a power transmission or motion control application and selecting the proper gear product to satisfy the requirements. [...]

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DieQua Announces Upcoming Price Adjustment

By |2018-07-10T16:02:22-05:00July 10th, 2018|DieQua News|

To our Valued Customers, We would like to inform you of a planned price adjustment effective August 1, 2018. We understand the importance this has on your business and want you to know that we have taken measures to reduce our costs and increase the efficiency of our operations to reduce the impact on our valued customers. Unfortunately, we need to pass along the costs we cannot control, coming primarily from increases in materials and transportation costs. List Prices of certain products will increase by a few percent, and very few will increase up [...]

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