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....
by Jim Anderson | May 2, 2023 | Uncategorized
A plastics manufacturer came to CouplingCorp about 10 years ago with an interesting problem. On their plastic pelletizer machines, the cutting knives were powered by a 120 HP motor. The machine used a gear coupling to transmit torque between the motor and...
by Jim Anderson | May 2, 2023 | Uncategorized
Coupling Corporation of America (CCA) is pleased to announce the addition of a new, informative blog section to our website called, “Misaligned and Running Fine.” Starting this month, we will release periodic success stories providing details on how CCA...
