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Year after year, brands like Sumitomo Drive Technologies and others in the power transmission industry provide innovative technologies and solutions to help plant operators minimize downtime and get optimum performance from their industrial gearmotors and reducers. Read these six steps we recommend...

05/07/2021

On January 1, 2021, new and more ambitious European energy efficiency standards for electric motors are going into effect. The goal is to phase out the least energy-efficient motors in the market, and the European Commission is hopeful that the rules will lead to increased efficiency, lower...

04/29/2021

Be sure to attend the #CIMQC21 Convention & EXPO, the meeting place for everyone and everything mining! This year will be a virtual experience due to COVID-19.

04/27/2021

Be sure to attend the #CIMQC21 Convention & EXPO, the meeting place for everyone and everything mining! This year will be a virtual experience due to COVID-19.

04/26/2021

Drywell – a term that many of us in the power transmission business often encounter whenever a conversation would come up about the features and benefits of a particular gearbox or drive to be used in the industrial mixing or agitating equipment.

04/09/2021

Speed reducers are a very important part of mechanical power transmission systems. There are several different types available, each with certain features. Installing the wrong gear reducer into an application can be disastrous. The first step to choosing a gear reducer is to know what torque and...

03/08/2021

​ Our brazen new member of the Bevel BuddyBox series has arrived. Meet the BBB-H industrial gearbox. Unit Material Handling (UMH) systems i.e. Airport Baggage Handling (ABH), Distribution Centers (DC), and Parcel Handling (PH) systems, of global demand are on the rise more so than most other...

01/15/2021

Chesapeake, VA, USA (Dec. 18, 2019) – Sumitomo Machinery Corp. of America (SMA), one of the nation’s leading industrial gearbox manufacturers, is pleased to announce the acquisition of LUFTEX GEARS, Manufacturing & Services, headquartered in Lufkin, Texas. This represents the first domestic...

12/18/2019