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Can Safety Certifications Play a Role in Validating Your Purchase?
It’s helpful that some regional and universal safety certifications are granted to services and locations that meet specific safety standards. Are those certificates meaningful to customers? What’s the value of people and manufacturing facilities that have been thoroughly vetted for
WPT Power Hires Claudio Arranz as South America Sales Manager
WPT Power is pleased to announce the addition of Claudio Arranz Araya as the South America Sales Manager. Arranz’s new position will focus on identifying new business and partnership possibilities, as well as implementing sales strategies and objectives for promoting
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
Stocking for Your Market – the WPT Power Approach
WPT Power has held a robust distribution model since the company’s opening in 1992. This article is intended to outline the distributor partnerships and how WPT Power works to ensure our products are stocked as close to the market in
Can Safety Certifications Play a Role in Validating Your Purchase?
It’s helpful that some regional and universal safety certifications are granted to services and locations that meet specific safety standards. Are those certificates meaningful to customers? What’s the value of people and manufacturing facilities that have been thoroughly vetted for
WPT Power Hires Claudio Arranz as South America Sales Manager
WPT Power is pleased to announce the addition of Claudio Arranz Araya as the South America Sales Manager. Arranz’s new position will focus on identifying new business and partnership possibilities, as well as implementing sales strategies and objectives for promoting
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
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How PTOs Aid Citrus Growers in Freeze Protection
In the irrigation world, when one thinks of mechanical PTOs, the first thing that comes to mind is moving water to aid in the hydration
New Package for a Paper Packaging Manufacturer
With the advent of digital media, paper may seem like something from a bygone era. However, paper consumption has not dropped as dramatically as initially
WPT Clutch Packs for OEM Gearboxes in the Fracking Industry
As the Oil & Gas Industry has changed and fracking has gained more popularity from a profitability standpoint, the need for newer and more efficient
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
Pump Jacks and PTOs
If you have taken a drive through Texas, Oklahoma, or New Mexico, you may have seen dozens of pump jacks working up and down along
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
Tensioning Applications For Uncoiling Steel Low Inertia Brakes
A large part of WPT’s success in the metal forming industry has been our ability to adapt to the many applications needed to arrive at a finished product. From shearing to…
New Feature: Hydraulic 14H PTO Mechanical Wear Indicator
As a company, one of WPT Power’s standout qualities is our willingness to listen to our customer base. By listening to the users of our products, we get valuable feedback to improve and optimize our products. One example of this…
Setting the Benchmark! Customer Service at WPT Power
With the current global challenges we all face with raw material, manufacturing, and freight delays, WPT Power has continued to focus not only on their products, but…
OEM Clutch Pack for Gearboxes
In a large majority of the engine driven clutch applications that WPT supplies, most tend to be a ratio of 1:1. In these applications, the driven piece of equipment turns at the same rate of speed as the engine flywheel. But occasionally, a…
WPT Pilotless™ PTOs are Shredding the Competition
The basic engine-driven woodchipper setup has not changed much over the years. What has changed, is the amount of power these units produce. To transfer this power to the cutting drum, a belt-drive system is used. And with great power, comes…
WPT Power – Copper Water Cooled Brake (CWC) Renewal Kits
One area WPT has focused on more in recent years is not only providing complete CWC assemblies but offering key service items in both kit and individual part form. With a large global install base across multiple markets, the…
WPT LI/SS Brakes In Shear Applications
One of our more popular applications that we serve in the metal forming industry is shearing equipment. Whether it be a shear stationed in the middle of a stamping line, or as a…
PTO Retro-fit Kit
If you are the owner of an older dredge from Ellicott or another manufacturer you may have run into this issue. The availability of replacement parts for the Power Take-off (PTO) clutch is getting thin. Luckily…
The Irrigation Workhorse – 314 Type 1 GEN II Mechanical PTO
WPT Power and one of their key partners, Diesel Gas Technologies in Australia, has been working on high side load pumping applications in key agricultural regions. It starts by offering the WPT 314 (GEN II) Type 1 Mechanical PTO. The role these power and pump packages play is to…