by ep | Jul 30, 2026 | Troubleshooting
Shaft coupling misalignment is widely understood as the primary cause of coupling element wear and bearing failure. What is less widely appreciated is the geographic extent of the damage it causes ¡ª misalignment affects every rotating and sealing component in the...
by ep | Jul 13, 2026 | Troubleshooting
A noisy coupling is a communicating coupling ¡ª it is telling you something specific about the condition of the drivetrain or the installation. The mistake most maintenance teams make is to accept coupling noise as a normal operating characteristic and defer...
by ep | Jul 13, 2026 | Troubleshooting
Bearing failure is the most common unplanned maintenance event in rotating machinery — and misalignment is the most common cause of bearing failure. Yet the connection between coupling misalignment and bearing damage is poorly understood in most maintenance...
by ep | Jul 9, 2026 | Troubleshooting
A flange coupling is not supposed to be a consumable. A correctly selected and properly installed coupling should run for years — often the entire service life of the connected machine — without significant attention. When a coupling fails in months rather than years,...
