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Servo gearboxes are likely to be specified in an incredibly wide range of applications, from packaging machines to robots, medical equipment to aerospace, precision engineering and high speed printing presses. The DynaGear range of servo gearboxes has been developed to offer highly dynamic performance yet be flexible for use in many different si...

Automated materials handling is a vital part of modern manufacturing, production, warehousing and distribution operations. Most loads need gentle handling and stopping, so here Ian Carr of Drive Lines Ltd explains the vital role played by stops and dampers. Falling off a 10 storey building won’t harm you – it’s the sudden stop at the end that d...

Drive Lines celebrates 30 years supplying high quality transmission solutions to industry This year Drive Lines is celebrating its 30th anniversary. A lot has changed over the years: technology has advanced and whole new industries have emerged. However, one constant has remained, Drive Lines is able to offer its customers expert specificatio...

Why do I need a gearhead, and how do I choose which one? A gearhead is a component which moderates and gives more control to the input and output of power; it can add or reduce torque according to the requirements of your application and prevent damage to other components in the drive sequence by controlling the force emitted. As a cost-sa...

Drive Lines Technologies, the specialist provider of power transmission solutions, now offers a complete linear drive solution incorporating rack and pinion mechanisms that complement the MS-Graessner ranges of precision servo gearboxes, including KS-TwinGear, DynaGear, DynaGear DG and DynaGear PL systems. These comprehensive solutions includ...

Choosing the correct coupling for the task at hand is no easy task. It means asking the right questions before specifying a particular style. Choices abound, and more than one coupling type may be suitable for any given application. Here we share with you expert tips and tactics to make it easy. Courtesy: Machine Design (Frances Richards, Eli...

Once again, we are singing the praises of a range of products we supply in significant numbers to our customers; we have discussed electrical cylinder actuators and the push/pull linear chain recently – but there are a great many occasions when a simple and reliable screw jack is the right component for your application. Let’s look at what a scr...

There are many different kinds of gearbox – or gearhead, as some prefer – and the bevel gearbox is one of the most commonly used in automation and power transmission applications. The name refers to the gear within the gearbox – i.e. bevel gears – a single stage unit which simply interlocks the bevelled edges of two gears and transfers the ro...

There are many options for linear motion, and of these we believe that electrical linear actuators are the best choice for the majority of these applications; let’s explore some of the reasons why. Firstly – in order to fairly compare – we need to look at the alternatives: Hydraulic Pneumatic Electrical Hydraulic actuation has l...