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News Release from: Renold Hi-Tec Couplings | Subject: Rubber-in-compression couplings
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 28 July 2005
Rubber-in-compression couplings lower
costs
Rubber-in-compression couplings require zero maintenance and have considerably lower operating costs than alternative gear couplings and save $2,750 over a five year period.
Renold Hi-Tec's rubber-in-compression couplings require zero maintenance and have considerably lower operating costs than alternative gear couplings The most common cause of a gear coupling's failure is lack of lubrication and as rubber-in-compression couplings require no lubrication then both the service requirement and mode of failure are eliminated
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 23 Jun 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Rubber-in-compression couplings up plant life
Rubber-in-compression couplings work to remove torsional vibration and torque amplification from a power transmission system to reduce maintenance and extend its working life.
The only components of a rubber-in-compression coupling that require maintenance are the rubber blocks themselves but, on average, they last over ten years before they need replacing.
Gear couplings typically require maintenance every six months and will need replacing approximately every 2.1/2 years.
On this basis each Renold Hi-Tec rubber-in-compression coupling saves $2,750 over a five year period, given current market values.
That is a big saving on systems that might have several couplings in operation and doesn't even take into consideration the savings made by eliminating maintenance, downtime and coupling failure.
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