LI Brakes in Tensioning Applications
WPT has a long-standing tenure in the steel and metal forming industries. One of the more common applications where our brakes are used is coiling and uncoiling. Whether it be coiling steel as it comes out of a roller press at the mill or uncoiling it on a slitter machine in preparation to be formed […]
What is a Low Inertia Clutch?
What is a Low Inertia clutch? If you are asking yourself this question, you have found the right place. To explain what a Low Inertia clutch is, first we need to understand what inertia is. Wikipedia defines the mass moment of inertia of a rigid body as the quantity of torque needed for a desired angular acceleration about a rotational axis. What exactly does this mean? In simpler terms, it means an […]
Rotational Gearboxes On Utility Lifts
Over the past several years, WPT has established itself as a major supplier to the Utility Vehicle market. The flagship product in this market is our Rotational Gearboxes used on Utility Lifts. Utility lifts encompass bucket trucks used by utility contractors and basket trucks used by sign companies. Other applications include but are not limited […]
Power Take-Offs Help Take The Heat On Natural Gas Coolers
Natural gas coolers are a crucial piece of equipment that helps drive the fast-paced oil and gas industry. If you are involved with the oil and gas sector, you understand the importance of having a reliable heat exchanging feature to efficiently move fuel from point A, to point B. Natural gas coolers work by cooling […]
Marine Cable Tensioning Brake
We were contacted by our distributor, Applied Power Solutions (APS), with a request for custom marine cable tensioning brake. The WPT team went into action to deliver a quality product with a great lead time. The customer was building a pair of custom spooling reels that would be used for mooring lines in a shipping […]
Industrial Clutch Selection Guide
When choosing the best possible industrial clutch for your application, several factors need to be taken into consideration. Torque, response time, operating speed, thermal capacity, and size are some of the details to bear in mind. Other criteria to help determine your selection would be type of engagement such as a soft start or controlled-slip, […]
WPT PTOs In Air Curtain Burner Applications
One of the lesser-known applications that we service at WPT is the use of our mechanical PTOs in the air curtain industry. Air curtain mechanisms consists of a diesel engine driving a high-volume fan that force feeds oxygen to debris fires. Air Curtains come in two different designs. One style of air curtain utilizes a […]
Mixing It Up
While they have been around for four decades, front-discharge concrete mixers are still a relatively new design when compared to their rear-discharge counterparts. As their names suggests, front-discharge units are set up to release concrete from the cab end of the truck. This provides some significant safety and financial advantages over rear-discharge trucks. First, concrete […]
Wood Chipper PTOs
It is that time of the year again. Time to perform some preventative maintenance on your tree care equipment to keep it running strong throughout the season. One crucial—yet often overlooked—maintenance point on wood chippers is the Mechanical Power Take-off, or PTO for short. If the machine is only a few years old, check out […]
Marine Winch
From time to time, WPT receives a request from an OEM for a product that does not fall within the specifications of our standard product. Such was the case when we were approached by a crane manufacturer who was in the market for a specific style of hoist for a small marine application. This OEM […]