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Igus is presenting the new business figures and presenting 2024 new products at the Hannover Messe 247 and would like to advance the goal of “Zero Lubrication” with the Igus Go app.
IFM Electronic was able to increase sales again in the 2023 financial year. The preliminary consolidated financial statements show a new sales record with sales of over 1,4 billion euros and growth of 3%.
Jumo has designed further training courses with a view to the currently exciting topics being discussed in individual sectors and offers corresponding seminars as part of the Jumo Campus.
Schaeffler AG's sales increased by 2023% to EUR 5,8 billion in 16,3. Currency-adjusted sales growth was 5,8 percent, which is within the forecast for the 2023 financial year.
The Motion Technology Company Schaeffler will expand production in the USA with a new automotive production site. The new facility will be located in Dover, Ohio.
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The SPS – Smart Production Solutions from November 14th to 16.11th. 2023 will see significant growth in the trade fair compared to the previous year and is on the way to pre-Corona levels.
Spring clutches for road construction machinery
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Torsion Control Products (TCP) developed a customer-specific coupling for a manufacturer of motor graders for road construction. With their special torsion characteristics, the durable and robust couplings dampen the drive train vibrations and remain operational even under the harshest operating conditions.
Motor graders are heavy equipment used for road maintenance and road construction. "Unpleasant and unacceptable" are words that a manufacturer of construction equipment did not necessarily want to hear when he was about to launch a new motor grader. After the tooling and final inspection before release for production, the operators had to find out that the motor grader showed in normal operation resonance phenomena that made him unsalable.
Since the couplings of the previous supplier could not meet the needs of the construction equipment manufacturer, he sent eight of his engineers to TCP. The local team determined the entire requirement profile and then received a solution. The result was a completely new spring clutch, which was adapted to the flanged to the engine gearbox. The first prototype was created in just four weeks. The new clutch went into production six weeks after the first meeting. Thanks to the fast processing of the project, the new motor grader could go into production in time.