von Folge | Juni 24, 2026 | Blog
The centre disc is the only wearing component in an Oldham coupling. When everything else about the coupling is correctly specified and installed, the disc is what limits service life — and replacing it at the right time is what prevents a gradual performance...
von Folge | Juni 24, 2026 | Blog
Medical devices impose a set of requirements on their mechanical components that goes well beyond what most industrial applications demand. Precision must be absolute — a diagnostic instrument that produces variable results depending on how its drive mechanism is...
von Folge | Juni 24, 2026 | Blog
Stepper motors are the workhorse of low-to-medium cost motion control. From desktop 3D printers and CNC routers to laboratory dispensers and industrial indexing equipment, the stepper motor’s ability to move in precise angular increments without a position...
von Folge | Juni 24, 2026 | Blog
Three coupling types dominate the zero-backlash motion control market: the Oldham coupling, the beam coupling (also known as the helical or slotted coupling), and the disc coupling (sometimes called the bellows disc or thin-disc coupling). All three provide...
von Folge | Juni 24, 2026 | Blog
Packaging machinery and industrial automation lines are among the most demanding operating environments for mechanical power transmission components. They run continuously — often 24 hours a day, 7 days a week — at cycle rates that accumulate tens of millions of...
von Folge | Juni 24, 2026 | Blog
Of all the places an Oldham coupling appears in a motion control system, none is more demanding — or more revealing of the coupling’s unique strengths — than the connection between a rotating shaft and a rotary feedback device such as an incremental encoder, an...
