Productivity is a shared goal in industrial applications involving designers, component makers, and end users. Everyone plays a role. In this report, Motion System Design editors polled coupling and ...

A broad line of rigid shaft couplings that feature over 500 standard items to solve a wide range of mechanical design challenges has been introduced by Stafford Manufacturing Corp. WILMINGTON, Mass., ...

The objective of optimized shaft alignment is to increase the operating life span of rotating machinery. To achieve this goal, components that are the most likely to fail must be made to operate ...

Proper shaft alignment of directly coupled machines has proven to be one of the greatest money savers for machinery-intensive industries over the last 25 years. When poorly done, usually for lack of ...

The difference between flexible shaft couplings and rigid shaft couplings is not just in the terminology but in adsorption of torque. Shaft alignment is key to preventing unnecessary wear and damage ...

Stafford Manufacturing Corp. manufactures a full line of rigid couplings that come in a variety of configurations and sizes for connecting virtually any type of pump, mixer, and drive shaft. Click ...

A new line of rigid set screw couplings designed to securely hold two shafts inline in industrial machinery, conveying, packaging, and robotics applications, that are in stock for immediate delivery, ...

How does coupling selection affect productivity in today's automation environment? Bill • Rexnord: Selecting couplings for servo systems can be a daunting task. Some systems can detect errors as small ...

WILMINGTON, Mass., Aug. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Stafford Manufacturing Corp. has introduced a new line of shaft collars, flange collars, and rigid couplings offered in large sizes for building and ...

I was splitting wood one day a few years back, getting next winter’s firewood ready on my hydraulic splitter. It normally handled my ash and oak with ease, but I had a particularly gnarly piece of ...