ABB Action Magazine has just been released for the first quarter 2014, and it is packed full of useful information for the Australian market. Although the first quarter edition does not feature All Torque supply partners Baldor or Dodge in its pages, it does include information regard
Wrap Spring Operation CB Series wrap spring clutch/brake combinations are designed for applications requiring a continuous rotational input being converted into starting and stopping a load. To start motion, the solenoid is pulsed, moving the actuator arm away from the control collar
Recently, a client of ours in the pulp and paper industry had a Radicon BU400 underdriven worm gearbox fail on them. The Radicon unit was on an important piece of machinery, and the failure proved to be quite costly in terms of production lost. We were given the task of making sure
Toyota has joined Ford and Holden in completing the exodus of the car manufacturing industry from Australia. The move was widely tipped by the manufacturer itself late last year, ahead of an announcement yesterday. Manufacturing will cease at Toyota’s Altona plant in 2017, brin
According to the Performance of Manufacturing Index (PMI) Australian manufacturing retracted for a third consecutive month in January, recording an overall figure of 46.7. The January result is a further decline from December, receding by nearly a full basis point. The PMI is conduc
One of our product partners – Warner Electric – has asked us to share this short video, outlining exactly what their range is capable of. Sales Director Mathieu Ruault is very precise in his efforts in keeping it this interview short, as it would take us MUCH longer to des
Just to remind everybody that All Torque’s Northern Branch is situated in Preston, having moved there from Thomastown in 2010. We service all of the northern and western suburbs of Melbourne from our Preston facility. We have still had some customers sending gearboxes for repair
Horses For Courses Sometimes, there is only one answer to a problem. When customers come to us with issues in power transmission, there are normally a few ways to solve the problem. Sometimes, there is only one way, although the one way may involve utilising disparate components. So
2014 will see some turmoil in Australian manufacturing overall, which leads to extra issues for the mechanical power transmission supply industry. Change of focus away from automotive manufacturing The plight of the Australian automotive manufacturing sector is well documented, with a
All Torque Transmissions markets a range of commercial-quality BBQ spit motors for heavy duty applications. Manufactured in Korea by SPG, our BBQ spit motors (more precisely known as shaded pole induction geared motors) are not the ‘economical’ version that is popular in h
