Couplings for coating machine
July 1st 2007 When UPM Caledonian
Paper needed to upgrade a
coating machine at its
Irvine works, it selected a
total of 53 Flender ARPEX
couplings in varying sizes
and lengths from Siemens
Automation & Drives. The
coating machine processes
750 tonnes of lightweight
coated paper a
day, and
the new couplings were
installed during a
scheduled 15-day
shutdown at the beginning
of March.
Caledonian Paper's
project supervisor Paul
Tully said the Flender
couplings were easy to
assemble within the tight
timeframe; ARPEX
couplings are split-hub and
suitable for installations
where space is tight and
time is short, without
moving the driving or
driven shafts if necessary.
They are high torque,
torsionally rigid and
can where
required also
be ATEXapproved.
The
coating
machine
runs 24
hours a day
at the busy
plant, so
reliability was an
essential
requirement, and
throughput is
expected to be
improved as a direct
result of the upgrade. For
further information please
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