Rotary Union Design Blog Series: Vibration, Resonance, and System Response
Many of us know the sound and irritation of loading the washing machine too full. During the spin cycle of the wash, if the weight within the washing machine is…
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Rotary Union Design Blog Series: Steps to Ensure Excellent Rotary Union Rotational Dynamics
To wrap up our rotary union design blog series (click here to read blog #1 and blog #2 in the series), we will discuss best practices to optimize the rotation…
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Rotary Union Design Blog Series: Rotary Union Rotation Dynamics
As we discussed in the last blog about rotary unions and vibration, rotational dynamics is another essential aspect of successfully designing a hydraulic rotary union. Just like an overloaded washing…
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Revolutionizing Signal Transfer with Radio Frequency Slip Rings
Continuous innovation is essential in addressing the growing complexities of modern technology. As part of United Equipment Accessories (UEA), we have seen firsthand how our traditional slip rings have stood…
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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
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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Protecting Against Corrosion with Alodine
At United Equipment Accessories (UEA), we offer a variety of ways to protect the slip rings we manufacture from corrosion. Some of these ways include painting, anodizing, and providing stainless…
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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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Power & Communication in One Slip Ring Assembly
As a slip ring design engineer, a common question that I receive is whether we can provide a slip ring that can handle both power and communications. The answer is…
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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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Custom Slip Ring with Air Swivel Integration for Industrial Stretch Wrappers
An end user of several industrial stretch wrapper machines had an existing 24 and 32-circuit slip ring assembly that needed two additional air passages. The original equipment manufacturer of the…
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Mounting and Torquing of Rotary Unions
Rotary unions manufactured by United Equipment Accessories (UEA) go into a wide array of machinery. Each application that we design for is different from the next. While there are usually…
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