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News Release from: Siemens Flender | Subject: Arpex couplings
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 21 June 2007
Caledonian paper selects Flender
couplings
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
The coating machine processes 750 tonnes of lightweight coated paper per day, and the new couplings were installed during a scheduled 15-day shutdown at the beginning of March The Caledonian Paper project supervisor Paul Tully said the Flender couplings were easy to assemble within the tight timeframe; Arpex couplings are split-hub and ideal 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 ATEX-approved.
The coating machine runs 24 hours per 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.
Please ask for more information on Flender couplings from Siemens Automation and Drives direct, or consult the website.
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