CCA Saves the day with Lightweight“Recently a company with a high-speed test stand was experiencing prolonged problems running at the high end of their speed range. The system was driven by a 150HP motor which drove a speed-increasing gearbox to speeds of 30,000 RPM on the output side..” |
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Latest Article: Pumps & Systems Magazine February 2016Creative Coupling Design Saves Downtime at Utility Plant (Pumps and Systems)“Some pumps were running with high vibration levels, while the disc couplings were failing on a regular basis..” |
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Sychronous Motor Coupling Still Running Strong After 25 Years!(Press Release)“25 years ago a large petro-chemical company operating in the US faced a serious design task and a short design time envelope for project completion and operational date.” |
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CCA Paper Mill Success Story (Press Release)“Paper Mill reduces equipment vibration, maintenance, and downtime with a coupling upgrade from CCA.” |
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High Speed FLEXXOR (Press Release)“Earlier this year Coupling Corporation of America worked with Xdot Engineering and Analysis on an exciting project for the US Air Force.” |
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2.5 Million foot pound Coupling Breaks Records for Coupling Corporation of America (Press Release)“Our latest developments in coupling technology have pushed the envelope of the UltraFLEXX™ design to new heights.” |
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Vibration Reduction in Feedwater Pumps Using Low Spring-Rate Couplings (Nuclear News)“Ontario Power Generation’s Darlington nuclear power plant has 16 identical feedwater pumps across its four operating units that for many years experienced high pump-drive end vibrations above alarm level” |
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Heat-Free Hub Design Reduces Downtime (Compressor Tech Article)“In the mid-1990’s, a gas production facility in Colorado sought new technology for regular seal changes on its 6000 hp (4474 kW) fleet of screw compressors requiring regular seal changes. The search began because of dissatisfaction with the process then in use..” |
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An Effective Way for Maintenance Reduction and Vibration Elimination of Peaking Gas Turbines (ASME Power 2006, Atlanta, GA)“A US power generation company had 36 similar high heat rate gas turbines in two of their plants. These units were used for peaking power in a large metropolitan area.” |
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Coupling Hub Engagement: No Keyways, Please!“Keys and keyways represent a significant stress |
| Read More (PDF document) by Heinz P. Bloch Hydrocarbon Processing October 1995 |
Why FLEXXORS?“I will discuss here, some of the reasons why FLEXXORs |