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Helwig Carbon Brush Holders are Custom Engineered for High Performance
Helwig has specialized in custom designed holders. Their brush holder rebuild program refurbishes holders at a fraction of the cost of a replacement holder.
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Helwig Carbon Innovations
Longer product life and improved performance motive each Helwig innovation and history shows the successful outcome.
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HELWIG CARBON PRODUCTS ACQUIRES J. REAM MANUFACTURING
Helwig Carbon Products, Inc. recently announced the acquisition and integration of the carbon brush holder product line of J. Ream Manufacturing, Inc.
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Installing the UL Recognized Components for both U.S. and Canada, Helwig Carbon BPK-4 and BPK-AM Bearing Protector Kits
Effective bearing protection diverts current from the motor shaft and provides the lowest resistance path to ground. Using Helwig Carbon’s bearing protector solutions result in the lowest shaft voltage and greatest discharge to ground via the kit instead of the bearings or other components. Helwig Carbon’s kits come in a variety of sizes designed for…
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Helwig’s Carbon Brushes, A guide for Elevator Technicians
Over the years, manufacturers, contractors and brush suppliers have searched for the “magic” dustless brush grade or that impossible, frictionless material. There is no magic brush grade, but you can maximize brush life and equipment performance by taking the appropriate steps: Check that there is proper spring pressure. Check for proper current density. Check on…
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Helwig Carbon’s Comprehensive Guide for Industrial and Railway Technology
The name “brushes” comes from bundles of tiny copper wires, which were used as elastic contacts at the starting period of the electrical engineering industry. The term “carbon brush” appeared with the change to materials made out of graphite and carbon. Carbon brushes have been developed for several decades: they are also indispensable hardware for…
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Helwig Carbon Celebrates 85 Years of Innovations
The technical product innovations developed by Helwig Carbon Products have received universal acceptance over many decades, have been copied by carbon brush manufacturers world-wide, and are still in use today. There is no question that the development of carbon brushes was key to the future of electrical machines as the primary drive system of the…
