Maritime Slip Rings for Corrosive Environments

Slip Rings for Corrosive Environments

United Equipment Accessories works with customers in a variety of industries with wide-ranging requirements. Applications that are exposed to corrosive or salt air environment bring along a new set of…
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1.50” bore Slip Ring

Slip Ring Retention

As a leading slip ring provider, United Equipment Accessories is continuously striving to provide solutions of electrical and hydraulic transfer through rotating applications. While the rotating assemblies that we work…
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Slip Ring Maintenance

Slip Ring Maintenance

Depending on the type of application, some maintenance may be needed on slip rings. It all depends on the number of rotations and/or the environment the slip ring is in.…
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Slip Ring Installation

Slip Ring Installation

A. Center Harness Connections Should be as short as possible to prevent rubbing on slip ring cover. Optional rubbing disk for spun aluminum covers protects against abrasion on assemblies with…
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Slip Ring Common Questions

Slip Ring Common Questions

In today’s blog, we are here to answer some frequently asked questions that we get from customers regarding our slip rings. Do UEA slip rings have UL/NTRL/CSA certification? They can.…
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Slip Ring Circuit Ratings

Slip Ring Circuit Ratings

When helping a customer specify or design a slip ring for their needs, circuit ratings are one of the most critical pieces of information. Customers ask United Equipment Accessories (UEA)…
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Slip Ring Brush

Setting a Higher Standard

United Equipment Accessories’ name has become synonymous with quality slip rings for the wind industry. The charge to our Research and Development (R&D) staff is to always do better and…
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ROV Slip Ring Refurbishment

ROV Slip Ring Refurbishment

Currently, many oil and gas companies, especially offshore operations such as ROV operators, are feeling the weight of the low price of oil and the cost pressures on the oil…
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Rotational Dryer Slip Ring

Rotational Dryer Slip Ring

A new 42-circuit electrical slip ring has made its way through United Equipment Accessories. This S15D series slip ring with mounting tube assembly was designed to be mounted horizontally in…
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Rotating Platform Slip Ring

Rotating Platform Slip Ring

United Equipment Accessories (UEA) recently designed and built a custom electrical slip ring to be used in a rotating platform application.  The features for this new slip ring include: (16)16A-300…
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Replacement Rotary Unions

Replacement Slip Rings

Do you need to replace an existing slip ring?  Not only does United Equipment Accessories (UEA) design new slip rings, we also can design them to retrofit or replace an…
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Replacement Rotary Unions

Replacement Rotary Unions

Rotary unions, also known as hydraulic rotary swivels, rotary swivel joints, and hydraulic swivels, are precision components designed to transfer fluid from a stationary source to a rotating piece of…
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Preventing Hydraulic Rotary Union Leaks

Preventing Hydraulic Leaks

A longstanding problem with any hydraulic system is that they eventually will leak. Many times, United Equipment Accessories (UEA) is contacted when a potential customer is having leaking issues with…
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position sensing cable reel

Position Sensing Cable Reels

As part of our continuous effort to offer customers new, unique components that add value to our products and consumer applications, UEA now offers magnetic drive, or non-contact rotary encoders,…
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IP rating for slip rings

IP Ratings for Slip Rings

Electrical slip rings require ingress protection (IP) based on the personal protection requirements, environmental conditions, and mounting position. What is an IP rating? IP ratings are based on international standard…
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slip ring cost

How Much Does a Slip Ring Cost?

Because United Equipment Accessories builds only custom slip ring assemblies there is no simple formula to answer the question “What does a slip ring cost?”  Virtually every slip ring assembly…
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What is a Slip Ring and How Does It Work

How Does a Slip Ring Work

We know that slip rings transfer power and data between a stationary and a 360 ° rotating surface.  But how does this happen? How does a slip ring work? On…
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bridge crane rotary union

How Do We Move Rotary Unions?

Over the years, the product line at United Equipment Accessories (UEA) has evolved from primarily electrical slip rings to include a higher mix of rotary unions. Rotary unions are ever…
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