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PT Tech exhibiting at Hillhead 2010

PT Tech will join over 400 exhibitors to participate in Hillhead 2010 – the world’s biggest working quarry show. PT Tech will be located at Booth #P49.

The show features equipment for all sectors of the extractive and construction industries – excavators, dumptrucks, loading shovels, crushers, screens, recycling equipment, pavers, rollers, coating and concrete plants and a vast range of ancillary equipment, materials and services. For more details, see the Hillhead website: http://www.hillhead.com/

PT Tech at Bauma 2010

PT Tech sucessfully exhibited at Bauma 2010 in April of 2010. Over 415,000 visitors from more than 200 countries attended the show. Despite the major disruptions caused by the volcano, attendance was only down 17%, primarily from the Americas and Asia.

This is one of the world's largest trade shows, with a record 555,000 square metres and more of indoor and outdoor exhibition space at the New Munich Trade Fair Centre that was dedicated to displaying of the latest products from the international construction, building-materials and mining machinery sectors.

PT Tech displayed our latest innovations in the areas of Diesel Clutches, Mining and Specialty Applications, such as Wind Turbines and Tunnel Boring. See you at Bauma 2013!

Governor Ted Strickland of Ohio visits PT Tech!

EBO Group (PT Tech's parent company) and PT Tech welcomed the Governor of the State of Ohio to our facility in June of 2009. Please see the attached link for the press release and link to video of the visit!

http://www.ebogroupinc.com/News/61109_Governor_Strickland_visits_EBO_Group-2

Video from speech

A Jam! Don't Let Motor Inertia Ruin Your Drive or Productivity

Electric motor catalogs call it the WK or WR of a motor rotor. Mechanics textbooks call it rotor inertia. You may call it flywheel effect and if you don't protect your drive system from it wisely, then plan on calling maintenance. You need the right torque limiter.

Torque Limiting Case Study
(PDF - 4MB)

PT Tech Expands HPTO Product Line

PT Tech has expanded its range of hydraulically actuated clutches for diesel-powered equipment. The company, which introduced its first microprocessor-controlled clutch system in 2001, has unveiled two new sizes that, like their predecessors, are designed to address the typical problems that can occur with manual clutches in heavy-duty applications.

Product Line Expansion (PDF - 30K)

PT Techs HPTO Clutches Make Grinders Cost Effective

For the past seven years, PT Tech has been highly acclaimed for its standard line of Hydraulic Power Take-Offs (HPTO), a product line that covers diesel engines from 80 Hp all the way up to 1,600Hp. This line of diesel engine clutches is hydraulically actuated and microprocessor controlled to provide reliable service in difficult environments, said Ralph Rogers, vice president of PT Tech.

HPTO makes Grinders cost effective (PDF - 17K)

OEM Off-Highway Company Profile

PT Tech is an innovative leader in power transmission products for the off-highway market. Specializing in diesel engine clutches and enclosed wet brakes for severe duty machines, PT Tech offers both standard and custom designed products.

For complete article, click below:

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OEM Off-Highway profile (PDF - 304K)

2008 State of the Industry

OEM Offhighway consults with PT Tech and others about the state of the OEM Off-Highway industry. An excerpt from the interview.

State of the Industry (PDF - 630K)