A ship management company that specializes in the transport of pleasure yachts had developed a new, efficient ship design. One of the features of the vessel was that the power plant was closely matched to the two 5,100 kW electric motors driving the propellers....
The following application story is taken from the “THE VALUE OF FIELD MEASUREMENTS ON OVERLAND CONVEYORS” by David J. Kruse and Ryan Lemmon of Advanced Conveyor Technologies (AC-Tek). The TorqueTrak 10K temporary torque measurement system was used to provide the...
One of the most common methods for measuring torque on an existing shaft is to use a torque telemetry system. The primary advantage of these systems is that they do not require shaft modification and can be easily connected to a strain gage that is attached directly...
