Power Take-Offs Living in High Cotton

Texas is the leading cotton producer in the United States. It typically produces about one-third of the nation’s total cotton crop, with the majority being Upland along with other varieties, namely Pima and Acala cotton. Texas’ warm temperatures, abundant sunshine, and fertile soil make it ideal for cotton cultivation. It is here that WPT Power’s […]

How Limit and Temperature Switches Boost Mining Brake Performance

WPT Power is continually working with customers to extend the useful life of its products, reduce maintenance, and facilitate their installation. With that in mind, let’s talk about enhancing the life of brakes used in most modern wire rope mining shovels, such as CAT® and P&H®. These rope shovels utilize a series of electric motors […]

Best Solution for Constant Tensioning? Water Cooled Brakes

Constant tensioning brakes are critical in heavy equipment applications such as uncoilers, paper converting, and marine winches. Their function quickly dissipates a large amount of heat using water as the coolant. Traditional air-cooled brake systems often fail to meet the demands of these applications, leading to significant performance concerns. To address this issue, WPT engineers […]

The key benefits of the pneumatic plate clutch, over constricting drum designs

In the industrial clutch and brake game, you don’t have to search very long to find applications that run pneumatic air-cooled plate or disc clutches. Another product style seen is the constricting drum design; these are both found predominately on oilfield equipment, grinding mills, metal forming, paper processing, and marine applications. There are some key […]

Custom PTO Solution for Pile Driving Contractor

WPT Power was recently contacted by one of our long-term Pile Driving end users to produce a 14” remotely actuated solution for an existing mechanical PTO application. In this instance, it was too disruptive to retrofit and make the appropriate modifications to the machine to fit a Hydraulic Type 2 unit or an off-the-shelf Pilotless™ […]

Lifting the Standards

Driving down the road, you may have seen utility lifts casually working on power lines or trimming trees. It is important to have an efficient and reliable utility lift in the construction, tree care, and facility maintenance sectors to get the job done quickly and safely. There are many types of aerial lifts that serve […]