by Jim Anderson | Jun 21, 2023 | FLEXXOR Couplings
A large industrial manufacturer came to Coupling Corp with a low torque application designed to run at 75,000 RPM. This was no problem for the FLEXXOR coupling. But to make things harder, they wanted the coupling to mount on their straight cylindrical shafts. Normally...
by Jim Anderson | Jun 21, 2023 | FLEXXOR Couplings
When a wind turbine has a coupling failure, it’s a long way up to get a replacement coupling installed. When a wind turbine has a coupling failure and the coupling OEM is on a different continent, it can mean many weeks of downtime. This is precisely what...
by Jim Anderson | Jun 21, 2023 | Quill Shaft, York* Compressor Replacement Coupling
It can with York* Replacement Couplings from CCA Every year as the temperature rises and chiller systems are beginning to run, CouplingCorp gets calls from customers whose York* compressors have an unexpected problem. This past year a customer had an original York...
by Jim Anderson | May 2, 2023 | Uncategorized
A power plant had six identical feed pumps powered by 3500 HP motors. The equipment was initially specified and connected with gear couplings. The plant personnel had grown accustomed to performing the maintenance on these gear couplings by greasing them at regular...
by Jim Anderson | May 2, 2023 | Uncategorized
After many years of struggling with maintenance and vibration issues, a pipeline company decided to upgrade their couplings. The pipeline was powered by 4500 HP motor-driven pumps running at 1800 RPM. They came to Coupling Corporation of America for several reasons....
