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 ...

Interfacing a shaft to a 3D printed gear doesn’t have to be tricky. [Tlalexander] demonstrated a solution that uses one half of a spider coupling (or jaw coupling) to create an effective modular ...

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 ...

Rotary and linear optical encoders are common in position and motion sensing. Here, a disc or plate containing opaque and transparent segments passes between an LED and detector to interrupt a light ...

Engineers and designers commonly use electric motors to power hydraulic pumps. In some cases, the motor and pump are set up in a direct drive configuration. In others, they are connected using an ...

These days, it’s common among us hackers to load a stepper motor with forces in-line with their shaft–especially when we couple them to leadscrews or worm gears. Unfortunately, steppers aren’t really ...

If you’ve ever tried de-pinning a wire using a tiny screw driver or a needle, your experience was probably a frustrating one. The problem with most screwdrivers is that the shaft area is too big, ...