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Gearbox overhaul - this week’s blog is a result of some fantastic feedback we received today.
Energy efficiency standards for electric motors are changing in July. Make sure you are compliant in the new regulations.
Extruder gearboxes are fitted with a thrust bearing to handle the high axial loads. The gearbox is used to drive the plastic through the extrusion process.
If your geared motors are not designed with the application and the environment in mind, you could be causing your customers a headache!
We repair many industrial gearboxes each year. There are times though, when repair really isn’t an option.
Bigger and more complex gearboxes which can be difficult to replace. This is why we continue to offer an Industrial Gearbox repair service.
Built overnight and sent on a taxi. Find out how we helped a Scottish distillery with an urgent planetary gearbox.
Drop in gearbox solutions from STM UK. When you are trying to replace an obsolete geared motor, we are able to manufacture drop-in solutions.
Mounting Industrial Gearboxes using a torque arm can increase the life of the gearbox. Torque arms allow the geared motor to move, reducing fatigue from misalignment
Following simple mounting procedures can increase the lifetime of your gearbox and save you time and money.
STM Team is continually developing, ensuring that our products are available all over the World.
We received an email from a customer last week, who was in desperate need for a gearbox. After investigating the competitors spec, our technical team established that we could build a gearbox from stock.
Due to the size and the gearing arrangement in smaller worm gearboxes, the oil moves freely making its way to all parts that need lubrication – the gears themselves and the bearings.
We were contacted recently to offer a replacement in-line gearbox for a water authority. We were able to offer both an in-line helical gearbox, and an alternative option of one of our planetary gearboxes.
We received an enquiry several months ago, which was looking for a large planetary gearbox for use on a test bed for electric vehicles.
We stock worm, helical in-line, bevel helical, and planetary gearboxes in component form allowing us to build a myriad of gearbox styles in a matter of hours.
We have always carried out no-load run tests on every gearbox and geared motor that leaves.
One of our customers was looking to repair a gearbox on a lift system, unfortunately, spare parts were not available.
The whole team at STM would like to take this opportunity to wish all of our customers, suppliers, and friends, a very merry Christmas and happy New Year.
The geared motors shown in the pictures were recently supplied to a new customer of ours.
We supplied some stainless geared motors to a conveyor manufacturer for supply into a cheese production facility.
A customer approached us to see if we could offer an alternative to a special gearbox.
Our planetary gearboxes have been installed at a wastewater treatment plant, they rotate the scraper blades slowly, moving solids to the centre of the tank.
We are lucky to have direct accounts with most electric motor manufacturers so whenever we supply the gearboxes, we also like to supply the motors.
We received a call from a customer, asking us to go and look at an application that required a gearmotor drive.
Do you have a gearbox located in a harsh environment? Get in touch today to find out what STM UK can do for you!
We recently had an application from one of our customers asking for a single-phase variable speed drive and geared motor.
While being a bit of a cliché, we really believe that our colleagues are the most important part of our company.
Planetary gearboxes are ideally suited to slow speed applications.
On Friday 22nd June we celebrated in style 30 years of being in business at STM!
Shaun has now been part of our STM UK team for 2 years and has become a valued and popular member of the team.
One of our agricultural machine manufacturing customers called us in to help with the design of a new Waste Press.
We’d like to take a moment to wish our lovely colleague Jamie, a very Happy Birthday.
We were recently approached by a local customer who was struggling to find a replacement for a gearbox on one of their processing lines.
We wanted to take a moment to wish our fantastic colleagues – Brian and Andy
We were contacted recently by a company involved in the manufacture of large metal drums.
We’d like to wish our lovely colleague Martyn Craig a very Happy Birthday from all your colleagues at STM UK.
All of us here at STM UK would like to wish our Team Leader Andrew Ralston a very Happy Birthday!
Paula Barber has worked at STM Power Transmission Ltd for 2 years today.
Here at STM UK, we pride ourselves on utilising our fantastic range of products to provide innovative solutions where others fail.
We’d like to wish our lovely colleague Mark a very Happy Birthday from all your colleagues at STM UK.
We’d like to wish our lovely colleague Mike a very Happy Birthday from all your colleagues at STM UK.
Karl Hilton has worked at STM Power Transmission Ltd for 8 years today.
Here at STM we’ve been playing around with gearboxes for more than 30 years and think we’ve learnt a thing or 2 in that time. We’ve been doing a lot of industrial gearbox repairs for our customers which often works out more cost effective than buying a new gearbox.
Here at STM UK, we are passionate about doing our bit for the environment. As a business, whether we like it or not, what we do has an impact on the environment, we endeavour, wherever we can, to reduce the impact that we make.
What makes a great company? What makes a great gearbox manufacturer? Some people think that simply having a range of products, at the right price, means the job is done.
Here at STM UK, we get a real buzz out of new applications, working with our customers to take their concept and helping them to make it a reality.
We’d like to wish our lovely colleague Wayne Patton a very Happy Birthday from all your colleagues at STM UK.
We’d like to wish our lovely colleague Nathan Brown a very Happy Birthday from all your colleagues at STM UK.
Happy New Year to all! What resolutions have you made and, more importantly, how long do you think they will last?
We would like to take this opportunity to wish all our customers, suppliers and friends a Very Merry Christmas. Christmas is a time for family, spending time with the ones you love and eating far too much so make sure you enjoy it.
We all know that, even with the best of planning, sometimes things go wrong. Therefore, we hold a large stock profile to allow us to build gearboxes from stock for customer breakdowns.
We’d like to wish our brilliant colleague Ian Moennich a very Happy Birthday from all your colleagues at STM UK.
We’d like to wish our lovely colleague Matt Ince a very Happy Birthday from all your colleagues at STM UK.
STM Team considers every eventuality when it comes to our industrial gearboxes, one of the things we are especially keen on is making our customers life as easy as possible.
During September I took our external team to visit the gearbox production facilities in Bologna and Modena.
We were called by a customer who had an incline conveyor which was being driven by an obsolete worm gearbox and motor. They wanted to replace the unit, which was tired and at the end of its life, with a new geared motor.
I have made my way around the North of the UK, visiting lots of companies who manufacture everything from Industrial Mixers, Conveyors, Extruders, Cooling towers and much more besides.
We’ve been in business since 1988 and over the years have always had customers which required their gearboxes and geared motors painted.
There are many applications that require the use of a safety brake. These include hoisting, travel and positioning applications.
STM UK recently exhibited at the highly successful ABTT (Association of British Theatre Technicians) Theatre show at The Alexandra Palace in north London.
Providing a solution with a planetary gearbox. We received a call from a customer who was looking for a gearbox to drive a stirring paddle on a new mixing application for the water industry.
We are delighted to welcome Andy Beesley who has recently joined our Sales Team as North Area Sales Manager.
We had a call from one of our customers who work in the food processing industry regarding some mechanical speed variators they had on site. They had a number of them fitted to one of their grading lines.
We are delighted to welcome Sadie Robinson who has joined our Team as a Customer Service advisor.
We were approached by a customer to help with the drive selection for an incline belt conveyor. Woodchip was to be moved up a 25° incline at 7 metres/sec.
Towards the end of last year, our senior fitter retired and Shaun Warburton joined our Team as a Warehouse operative.
St Luke’s Cheshire Hospice is a small Hospice based in Winsford which relies entirely on voluntary donations to be able to offer a warm and caring hand to those in need and to help relieve their suffering of mind, body, and spirit in a safe refuge during a difficult journey.
Energy costs are soaring, but high efficiency gearboxes and electric motors are an often overlooked method of reducing energy consumption.
After 23 years our longest serving member of staff – Dave (The Fitter) Steele decided it was time to hang up his spanners and retire.
It happens, despite everyone’s best efforts sometimes things are overlooked, something goes wrong and the part you need is not in stock and until you have it, production is stopped.
We are delighted to welcome Paula Barber who has joined our Sales Team as a Customer Service advisor.
The STM SOLE SISTERS laced up their trainers and went the distance to show cancer who's boss!
This year STM has celebrated a very special birthday. 40 years ago an idea became reality and the founder began manufacturing worm gearboxes.
We received a call from a multinational vegetable producer regarding a variable speed drive. They had an obsolete mechanical belt variator that had stopped working.
Having fun with the family brings not only enjoyment but big health benefits too. We can find fun in whatever we do… it’s all down to our attitude.
Woodtek Energy Ltd is a local company who have been working within the biomass industry for many years.
Following on from our previous article about our employees’ health and wellbeing being our top priority and our installation of “Sit-stand” desks for our team, we continue our pursuit of health and happiness at work!
STM Power Transmission Ltd stock Planetary gearboxes in component parts to ensure quick delivery for our customers.
We were approached by one of our customers to supply a gearbox and brake motor solution for a roller shutter door application.
At STM Power Transmission Ltd we believe that our employees are our most valuable asset and their well-being is our highest priority.
Richard Woods from Borg called STM Power Transmission Ltd regarding a gearbox on a Humus Half Bridge drive at a Water Treatment Works.
STM Team are consistently developing and improving their gearbox range to ensure they have the very best solutions for any given application.
This exciting range of Bevel Helical Gearboxes is second to none, with a broad range of sizes, a variety of mounting options and the ability to transmit torques up to 11,000nm.
STM Team of Italy manufactures an extensive range of industrial gearboxes for covering a variety of applications.
On many occasions when we receive a gearbox back for repair or replacement we find that the cause of the failure is an overload, a machine locking up in some way causing the gearbox to fail.
STM Power Transmission Ltd has worked in the Water and Waste Water sector for many years and have a wealth of experience gained over this time.
STM Power Transmission is looking for experienced External Sales people to fill roles in the North East and North West of the UK.
It has been a busy week so far here at STM UK. We are very proud to have arranged and hosted a European Sales Meeting for STM and GSM Spa distributors and agents from around Western Europe.
STM Power Transmission Ltd is very proud to be located on Winsford Industrial Estate, it offers us excellent facilities, a central location and the security.
We are currently having solar panels installed on the building here at STM UK. We had an energy audit and established that we can easily produce enough energy for the majority of our requirements.
To quote Beautiful South – “Blue is the colour” – although granted they were probably not referring to the colour of our gearboxes.
STM UK is very pleased to announce that we have now taken delivery of our Bevel Helical Gearbox parts.
A few months ago we decided to have some promotional gifts made for our lovely customers, we received some of them today so we thought we would give you all a sneaky peek of what we have so far.
Oblinark – the brainchild of Brannan Tempest – is the realisation of years of research focusing on how best to harvest electrical energy from our natural surroundings.
To confirm our on-going commitment to growth and development we are very proud to introduce the latest addition to the team – Mr Wayne Patton – Sales Manager.
STM Spa – always at the forefront of design and technological developments – has committed themselves to a policy of supplying the best products and services as demanded by individual market sectors.
Continuing on the theme of our gearbox developments, additions and variations we are pleased to show you our new offering for the bigger sizes of Worm Gearboxes.
STM is pleased to inform all of our customers about another advance in the STM product range.
It is with great pride that we announce some new arrivals here at STM UK.
We would like to take this opportunity to send all of our customers, potential customers and wonderful suppliers the very best wishes for the Christmas period.
Just a quick post today to keep you all up to date on a new option we have on our Planetary Gearbox range.
STM Spa are constantly updating and improving the range offered so today’s post is just a quick product update.
Here at STM UK we are constantly reminded of how lucky we are to be selling the wonderful product ranges offered to us through STM Spa and GSM Spa and today is no exception.
We are currently going through a period of investment throughout the company and one of the first places we are addressing is the works, but in the meantime thought it would be good to treat the works guys to some new works kit.
Here is a little round-up of my visit last week to Italy visiting STM Spa and some associated companies, GSM Spa and Assembliago P.M.