CBT Partner, Fenner Drive’s PowerTwist Link Belting, the V-belt you’ve come to love, is now available in 3V, 5V, SPZ, SPA and SPB wedge profiles. As the only twist-lock link belt available in wedge profiles, PowerTwist Wedge Belts are engineered to combine the performance of rubber belts with additional cost saving benefits.
Safety and convenience go hand in hand. The easier it is to access risks and mitigate safety concerns, the better. CBT partner, Thermal Expert has recently debuted their high performance infrared smartphone camera. Infrared smartphone cameras are perfect for seeing in low light conditions and in total darkness. Gone are the days that infrared cameras were their own device. Thermal Expert has combined convenience and accuracy when they developed the smartphone infrared camera.
CBT partner,Baldor Reliance has recently announced the latest in motor technology – achieving efficiency performance two to four bands above NEMA premium® efficient levels (IE3) by utilizing a hybrid motor design. The new RPM XE platform can provide substantial energy savings and performance for most centrifugal load applications, at a lower operating cost by combining the starting attributes of an induction cage with permanent magnets.
The electrical industry asked and they listened. Encore Wire and CBT are proud to offer North America’s first 1000-volt rated XHHW-2 wire that is designed to bridge the gap between 600-volt and 1000-volt applications. The 1000-volt rated wire will dramatically increase the range of uses in residential, commercial, and industrial applications. With Encore Wire’s XHHW-2, you get the same ease of installation, the same insulation thickness as the 600-volt rated wire, and best yet, ratings up to 1000 volts.
Smart manufacturing doesn’t mean much if it doesn’t result in better manufacturing. There’s a fog of hype about potential gains available via the Internet of Things (IoT), smart devices, embedded intelligence, etc. Yet if upgraded production can’t improve operations, what’s the point? A recent study on the IoT finds that the top three objectives for incorporating smart devices and embedded intelligence into plants and processes are improved quality, costs, and speed.
RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) is a proven enabler of profitability that’s growing more powerful every day. Microchip sensitivity is improving and support services are maturing. Companion technologies, such as sensors, are being successfully integrated into chips. And smaller tags are opening the gate for multitudes of potential applications previously thought too small to accommodate an RFID tag. A tag measuring only 23 x 5 mm, for example, was released to the market within just the past few weeks. What first came to prominence as a solution to track cases and pallets in distribution centers, has steadily and profitably migrated to heavier industries and related service sectors.
Companies are continuously looking to improve energy rating and cost efficiency in the manufacturing industry. CBT partner, Gates Corporation has developed their Synchronous Belt Drive System as an innovative alternative to the outdated V-Belt system. V-belts can lose up to 5% or more in efficiency due to slip and the resulting torque loss. Poorly maintained V-belts can require more frequent replacement and that means costly downtime. With the help of CBT and Gates, your application could increase efficiency and save thousands.
July 2016 is a month that will forever be remembered in CBT History. This month the huge relocation project was finally completed. As a team, we packed up the entire building on 6th Street and moved it to our new location in Columbia Township. Initially we expected our entire crew to be working all weekend to have everything up and running for our grand opening, but yet again we saw how great of a team we have here. The majority of the move was completed on Friday with odds and ends being tied up throughout the rest of the weekend.
