Solar power generation continues to increase, with forecasts from BloombergNEF (BNEF) calling for global solar generation to make up 22% of the world’s electricity by 2050, up from about 2% today.

A U.S. pioneer in worm gear manufacturing is celebrating 100 years of continuous production of gearing technologies during 2012. In 1912, Cleveland Gear was founded as Cleveland Worm & Gear by F.M.

Worm gearboxes are the workhorses of modern manufacturing, increasing motor torque and acting as speed reducers in myriad industrial applications. Their Achilles' heel — inefficiency — is also their ...

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Design enhancements improve efficiency and eliminate leaks. Worm-gear speed reducers have offered a rugged, adaptable, and cost-effective method of power transmission for nearly a century. But their ...

To meet requirements in solar tracking, medical diagnostic and motion control applications for high torque, low output speed gearmotors with self-locking capability without sacrificing energy ...

Trying to improve your overall efficiency? A high-efficiency NEMA premium motor helps only marginally if it is paired with an inefficient gearbox, such as a worm-gear drive. The motor is just half the ...

However, not all innovations are equal and nor do they follow a constant upward trend. Instead, their evolution takes the form of an S-shaped curve that reflects their typical lifecycle from early ...

All of us would love to bring our projects to life while spending less money doing so. Sometimes our bargain hunting pays off, sometimes not. Many of us would just shrug at a failure and move on, but ...