A ‘pick of the crop’ from Brevini (02/09/2010)

Compact size, lightweight design and an ability to accept directly-mounted standard wheel rims are among the reasons why Brevini’s RF series wheel drives were selected for an agricultural tea harvesting vehicle built in the UK for a tough overseas...

Driving large peristaltic pumps in the water industry (01/01/2009)

Peristaltic pumps are widely used by the water industry because of their ability to transfer media with up to 80% solids without contacting the moving parts of the pump. However, there are specific requirements when choosing a suitable gearbox for...

Brevini scores at Wembley (01/11/2008)

Thirty-four Brevini gear units ensure smooth movement of the seven sliding panels that form the roof on the new Wembley Stadium Wembley is the world's largest covered stadium, and it cost £778 million to build. The most innovative aspect of the...

Gearboxes offering greater output (09/07/2007)

In a marriage of gear technologies, Brevini has combined the high efficiency, low weight, high reduction ratios of its planetary gear stages with the higher capacity, strength and durability of bevel helical gears to produce a powerful yet light and...

Brevini solves Yorkshire Water’s gearbox problems (09/01/2007)

Working under contract from project manager, Alfred McAlpine Business Services, Brevini has engineered a replacement drive system for ten aerators at Yorkshire Water’s Rawcliffe sewage treatment works. The original drives were regularly being taken...

Reliable drives keep the water flowing at Rawcliffe (16/08/2006)

Yorkshire Water’s Rawcliffe Sewage Treatment Works processes waste water for the equivalent of 45,000 homes, treating up to a maximum flow rate of 23,600m3 and adhering to strict standards for safe disposal. The problem Dave Milburn, Rawcliffe’s...

Gearbox combines planetary and bevel/helical configurations (01/06/2006)

Brevini's new 'High Power' series combines the efficient epicyclic gear design of its S Series planetary gearbox with the modular advantages provided by PIV's complementary Posired 2 family of helical and bevel/helical gearboxes. By combining the...

Gearbox combines latest planetary and bevel-helical technologies (05/04/2006)

Brevini’s new 'High Power' Series combines the highly efficient epicyclic gear design of its recently introduced “S” Series of planetary gearboxes with the modular advantages provided by PIV’s complementary POSIRED 2 family of helical and...

Gear units designed for shredder systems (24/03/2006)

Brevini Riduttori has developed one, two, and three-stage high torque in-line gear units for car tyre shredding systems. The shredder has two main counter-rotating shafts on which the shredding elements called knives are attached. Each element is...

Brevini Achieves Successful Gearbox Retrofit For Thames Water (01/11/2005)

Thames Water has replaced venerable Varatio Strateline gearboxes with new Brevini multi-stage planetary units on a series of half-bridge scrapers at its Maidenhead sewage treatment works. The new gearboxes offer increased radial load and torque...

Driving The Modern Sugar Beet Harvester (01/04/2005)

Two Dutch companies lead in the development of state-of-the art sugar beet harvesters, and both have been using Brevini wheel drives and planetary gearboxes for some years. We find out why the company has been so successful in this...

New Epicyclic Series Has Superior Power-To-Weight Ratio . (01/11/2004)

New epicyclic series has superior power-to-weight ratio Brevini is claiming a 60% improvement in power-to-weight ratio for its new S-Series epicyclic range, compared with more traditional gearbox designs. The extra torque handling is...

Gearbox Ensures Fast Deployment Of Oil-Spill Booms . (01/01/2004)

Gearbox ensures fast deployment of oil-spill booms Vikoma International recently replaced a bulky and heavy hydraulic primary drive motor on its oil-spill containment boom deployment system with a more compact and lightweight transmission...

Giant Gearbox Mixes With The Best (01/03/2002)

Italian planetary gearbox manufacturer, Brevini, has supplied its largest ever gearbox to Dow Chemical in Germany. The order for this one million Newton-metre capacity unit was secured by Brevini's UK subsidiary, based in Cheshire, and...

Ctm Drives Fit Inside Vehicle Track Sprockets (01/03/2000)

Brevini's new range of compact tracked motors (CTM) for special and off-road tracked or self-propelled tyre-equipped vehicle of up to 40 tonnes in weight, will actually fit inside the track...