by Binsfeld Engineering | Case Studies, Industrial & Manufacturing, TorqueTrak 10K
Engineering Dynamics Incorporated (EDI) was requested to help perform an axial load test on a vertical water pump. Since commissioning, the pump experienced accelerated bearing and shaft wear. There was concern that problems might be due to up-thrust resulting in a...
by Binsfeld Engineering | Case Studies, Civil Engineering, TorqueTrak 10K
A civil engineering company in Chicago was hired to determine the start-up torque for a column pump at a water treatment plant for the City. The City desired to upgrade the pump drive system by employing reduced voltage starters to minimize in-rush current. Some of...
by Binsfeld Engineering | Case Studies, Civil Engineering, TorqueTrak 10K
A large urban city water treatment facility uses large power driven chain-linked scrapers called “flights” to extract impurities (i.e. mud and silt) from each cistern as part of the water purification process. The drive system, specifically the gear sets, would...
by Binsfeld Engineering | Case Studies, Energy, TorqueTrak 10K
Ariel Corporation was working on an issue with Rotor Bearing Technology & Software, Inc. (RBTS) for a company in Australia. Since its start up, the customer had experienced multiple elastomeric element failures in the drive coupling on their large coal bed methane...
by Binsfeld Engineering | Case Studies, Industrial & Manufacturing, TorqueTrak 10K
Bethlehem Steel, Sparrows Point, MD – Plant engineers had deduced that sporadic torque overloads on a rolling stand in the hot strip mill were causing breakdowns of the expensive drive system. What the engineers didn’t know was why. Was it a function of...
