Altra Heavy Duty & Overrunning Clutch Brake group has published a new brochure that gives engineers an overview of the engineering support provided by Altra brands including Wichita Clutch, Industrial Clutch, Twiflex Limited, Formsprag Clutch, Marland Clutch and Stieber Clutch. The group’s 360˚ design, engineering and testing support, the most comprehensive in the industry, is…

Altra Wind Technology has launched a website, www.AltraWind.com, to provide engineers and others in the wind industry with a resource for application-specific power transmission and motion-control equipment. The new online resource is organized into six categories including blade-pitch brakes, yaw brakes, shaft-locking devices, rotor brakes, high-speed shaft couplings, and access hatch actuators. Shopper will find…

David Brooksbank/Altra Industrial Motion. South Beloit, Ill./altramotion.com Brakes for wind turbines call for higher cycles rates, higher loads, greater reliability and often in more compact packages than those on conventional factory equipment. Slowing and halting an 80-m wind-turbine rotor involves converting its kinetic energy into heat. The same mechanical transfer occurs, for example, when stopping…