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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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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How Can UEA Help with Replacement Parts or Repairs?
At United Equipment Accessories (UEA), we pride ourselves on being willing and able to supply replacement parts for any products we sell. I enjoy hearing the sense of relief when…
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How Can Mounting Be Customized on My Slip Ring?
Many of the slip rings that United Equipment Accessories (UEA) creates are customized to the customer’s needs. We currently have three custom slip rings at different stages of the assembly…
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How Can Corrosion Be Prevented on Cable Reels?
When designing cable reels at United Equipment Accessories (UEA), one of our main focuses is always to ensure that the finished product will perform in the specified environment and application.…
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Featured Article: Rotary Unions & Swivels
This article originally appeared in Power & Motion | Hydraulics & Pneumatics, December 2019 and updated in October 2022. -By Vinay Patil Mechanical Design Engineer United Equipment Accessories, Inc. A…
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Feature Article: Turning to a Better Answer
This article originally appeared in Lift and Access, November/December 2016 -By Daniel Hanawalt & Bo Li United Equipment Accessories, Inc. Elliott Equipment Co., Omaha, Neb., manufactures telescopic boom cranes, truck-and…
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Feature Article: Small Slip Rings are a Big Deal
This article originally appeared in North American Clean Energy, July 15, 2017 -By Jesse Shearer Engineering Manager United Equipment Accessories, Inc. When most people think of wind turbines, bigger components…
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Feature Article: Small Component, Big Reliability
This article originally appeared in Wind Systems Magazine, March 15, 2018. -By Jesse Shearer Engineering Manager United Equipment Accessories, Inc. Fiber optic rotary joints are being considered more and more…
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Feature Article: Selecting The Right Slip Ring And Hydraulic Swivel Combo Units
This article originally appeared in Crane and Hoist Canada, July/August 2019. -By Brady Haugo Hydraulic Engineering Supervisor United Equipment Accessories, Inc. Boom trucks commonly use aerial work platforms with booms…
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Feature Article: Proper Maintenance of Hydraulic Swivels & Systems
This article originally appeared in Power & Motion | Hydraulics & Pneumatics, May 10, 2018. -By Brady Haugo Hydraulic Engineering Supervisor United Equipment Accessories, Inc. Proper or no maintenance of…
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Feature Article: Pick the Right Swivel and Slip Ring
This article originally appeared in Lift & Access, September – October 2017. -By Brady Haugo Hydraulic Engineering Supervisor United Equipment Accessories, Inc. A separated-style hydraulic swivel and electrical slip ring…
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Feature Article: Mounting Requirements of Hydraulic Swivels
This article originally appeared in Fluid Power Journal, March/April 2017 -By Brady Haugo Hydraulic Engineering Supervisor United Equipment Accessories, Inc. There’s more to the mounting requirements of a hydraulic swivel…
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Feature Article: Hydraulic Swivel/Slip Ring Combination Unit Options
This article originally appeared in Crane Hot Line, April 2017 -By Brady Haugo Hydraulic Engineering Supervisor United Equipment Accessories, Inc. Many buyers looking for a new hydraulic swivel/slip ring combination…
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Feature Article: How to Protect Hydraulic Swivels from Hostile Environments
This article originally appeared in Power & Motion | Hydraulics & Pneumatics, July 8, 2019. -By Brady Haugo Hydraulic Engineering Supervisor United Equipment Accessories, Inc. Regardless of the industry or…
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Feature Article: How to extend slip-ring life in wind turbines
This article originally appeared in Windpower Engineering & Development, April 24, 2018 -By Jesse Shearer Engineering Manager United Equipment Accessories, Inc. A healthy wind turbine is a productive turbine, one…
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Does UEA offer Slip Rings certified for CE, UL, and CSA Standards?
United Equipment Accessories (UEA) engineers and manufactures custom slip rings. UEA slip rings are built to UL and CSA standards and are engineered to meet sealing and temperature requirements. Custom…
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Does UEA Field Test?
There’s a common phrase in the product testing industry: verification vs. validation. IEEE defines verification as the process of evaluating a system or component to determine whether the products of…
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Designing Slip Rings with Ball Bearings
United Equipment Accessories (UEA) recently designed and manufactured a custom slip ring with ball bearings. Our recent slip ring design was for a 6.75” bore slip ring with 5-10 Amp.,…
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Designing Slip Rings for Outdoor Environments
Environmental conditions weigh heavily into the design for a new slip ring. When working on a new design, UEA engineers will ask if the new project needs to be designed…
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Designing a Slip Ring for a Heated Conveyor
How do you keep an outdoor conveyor from freezing and free of snow and ice when working in a cold environment? United Equipment Accessories (UEA) received a request to develop…
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Designing a High-Temperature Slip Ring
When United Equipment Accessories (UEA) begins the design process of a new custom slip ring, UEA’s engineers review the environment where the slip ring will be used to understand better…
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Designing a Custom Crane Slip Ring
United Equipment Accessories was recently challenged with a crane slip ring application that had limited space, required extra sealing, and needed a larger thru bore than is typical for this…
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Contamination is estimated to create 80% of hydraulic equipment failures. That claim may not hold up to intense scrutiny, but the essence of the statement, I believe, holds true. The…
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Custom Solution for Crane Slip Ring Cover
United Equipment Accessories (UEA) recently designed a new and improved slip ring for cranes. This new design needed to fit a crane that had limited space to remove the standard…
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Custom Slip Rings with Combining Data and Power
Data communication signal is becoming increasingly common in equipment as our lives and products become more connected. Separation of data communication from power circuits is needed to provide the best…
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Custom Slip Rings and Rotary Unions for Forestry Industry
Since 1952, United Equipment Accessories, Inc. has been a leader in the forestry industry, engineering rotary unions and slip rings to meet the demands of the rugged environment. We are…
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Custom Slip Ring for Industrial Winder
United Equipment Accessories partnered with an industrial winder company to build a 100+ circuit electrical slip ring. The company turned to UEA because we can produce low-volume, highly customized slip…
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Custom Slip Ring for Industrial Stretch Wrapper
A new 62-circuit electrical slip ring has made its way through United Equipment Accessories. This S15C series slip ring with mounting tube assembly was designed to be mounted upright in…
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Custom Parts and Continuous Improvement Through Additive Manufacturing
United Equipment Accessories (UEA) is constantly seeking innovative ways to enhance our manufacturing processes and meet the unique custom requirements of our customers. One groundbreaking technology that has emerged is…
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Custom Cable Reels with Alpha Slip Rings for Marine and Military Applications
At UEA, we are proud to own Alpha Slip Rings, a brand known for delivering top-notch integrated slip ring and cable reel systems. Recently, Alpha Slip Rings customized two such…
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Custom Brush Assembly for Downhole Tool
United Equipment Accessories offers slip rings and custom solutions to the oil and gas industry. Downhole applications typically experience high vibration and high heat. These slip rings also require components…
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Connection Types for UEA Slip Rings
When designing a new slip ring for our customers, we work with the customer to determine the best connection type for the slip ring’s application. Each connection style has advantages…
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Compact, High-Power Slip Ring for Energy Kite
Energy kites are increasingly being looked at as an alternative to wind turbine power generation technology. By replacing the massive steel towers of conventional wind turbines with lightweight hardware and…
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Common Sealing Challenges in Rotary Unions
The primary purpose of a rotary union or hydraulic swivel is to transfer the fluid between the stationary and rotating part of the equipment by providing a reliable and effective…
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Choosing Slip Rings that Last for Wind Turbines
A slip ring from UEA is designed to withstand the harsh environments in wind turbines, and uses solid brushes and rings stacked in a manner that saves space. UEA has…
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Can UEA Help with Replacing Hydraulic Seals?
DO IT YOURSELF! I love those words. It signifies not only an attitude but a method of problem solving. Finding a good DIY project can be liberating and exciting, but…
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Can UEA Create Custom Slip Rings?
United Equipment Accessories (UEA) recently received a request for a custom slip ring for a large cable reel used in a mining application. The specifications requested were similar to other…
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Can One Slip Ring Assembly Handle Both Power & Communication?
As a slip ring design engineer one of the more common questions I get asked is: “Can you provide a slip ring to handle both power and communications together?” The…
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Cables Reels for Workplace Safety
If you’ve worked in an area with cables of any type, you know that they can quickly become tangled, caught on objects or tripped over. Stepping on the cable or…
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