Cement manufacturers can cut maintenance and downtime by fitting rubber-in-compression couplings on arduous applications like grinding mills, kilns, conveyors, crushers and fans, according to Alan Dean, business development director, at Renold Hi-Tec Couplings of Halifax, UK.

Rubber-in-compression couplings, from Renold Hi-Tec, provide fail-safe operation on applications such as mine winders, hoists, draw-works on drilling rigs and industrial overhead cranes. The intrinsically fail-safe construction of the couplings protects both people and plant on safety critical applications...

Renold Hi-Tec Couplings of Halifax, UK, has published a free PDF guide on the use of rubber-in-compression couplings on a wide range of mining and quarrying applications. The guide is the first in a newly launched series of Info.Base publications designed to assist engineers.