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We Disagree with Kermit-the-Frog: It IS Easy Being Green with Centrifugal Clutches
Leave a CommentWhen the popular American television series Sesame Street first aired almost 46 years ago, the manufacturing industries weren’t concerned, or weren’t as concerned, with “sustainability” and with “being green,” as everyone is today. Those of us who grew up with Kermit-the-Frog singing and complaining about “being green” know he wasn’t referring to sustainability when he […]
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Why For Centrifugal Clutches, Size Matters
Leave a CommentSize matters when you’re designing and manufacturing centrifugal clutches! We know this from our experience working with our customers who have come to use from many different industries throughout the years. If you’re not already familiar with BLM Automatic Clutch, we’re a family owned company, which designs and manufactures centrifugal clutches. Whenever we’re designing and […]
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Hurricane Season Preparation and Response: BLM is Ready
Leave a CommentFor most of the country, June signals the start of summer—a carefree season of long, warm days and time spent outdoors. For the southeastern United States and the Caribbean, however, June 1 marked the start of hurricane season, and it’s something they take very seriously. While this year’s hurricane season has been predicted to be […]
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Harnessing the Power of New Technology
Leave a CommentAmerican manufacturing industry continues to see an incredible comeback. Unfortunately, there continues to be a skilled labor shortage. Back in 2013, it was reported that up to 600,000 manufacturing jobs were unfilled, and according to Forbes Business, “the skills gap is likely to become more acute.” These predictions proved correct. Of course one way to […]
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How Clutches Can Keep American Agriculture Growing
Leave a CommentAs the spring season comes into full effect, with summer not far behind, we’ll all be enjoying the warmth of the season, and the universal ways Americans celebrate it. So as you’re biting into that first sweet corn of the barbecue season, enjoying a fresh spring salad, or making a sweet berry pie take a […]
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Could a Cross-Country Pipeline Solve Problems on Both Coasts?
Leave a CommentRecently, we’ve been hearing about a theoretical pumping solution that has been getting nationwide attention. It has a lot of people asking, “Could this really work?” It’s a common sense idea that began from regular folks questioning and hypothesizing: can we take the overabundance of snow in Boston, and transport it to California, a state […]
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A Focus On The Future: STEM Education And Awareness
Leave a CommentIt’s no secret that North American manufacturing is back in a big way. It’s growing and advancing at lightning speed, and it’s causing a ripple effect that is extremely good news for the economy. After all, consider these statistics from NAM: • Manufacturers contributed $2.09 trillion to the U.S. economy last year • Manufacturing supports over […]
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Winter is Here And Our Clutches Are Everywhere
Leave a CommentWhen you live in a cold-weather climate, there are a few things you can be sure of come winter including temperatures dropping, snow falling, and our BLM clutches working every step of the way. You might not see them, or know exactly where our clutches are in use, but they’re pretty much everywhere. BLM clutches […]
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New Year, New Opportunities
Leave a CommentIt’s that time of year again—the holidays are upon us, and the New Year is just around the corner. We’d like to start by wishing all of our friends and customers a very happy holiday season, and thank you for making our 83rd year in business another great one! We think our country and our industry […]
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3 Things to Know about Centrifugal Clutches
Leave a CommentThe centrifugal clutch: as versatile as it is important. Not only are there many advantages of centrifugal clutches—energy savings, smooth acceleration, ease of maintenance, etc.—but there are so many applications that benefit from it. Here are three of them: 1) A controlled environment is best for industrial clutches. Test runs on your motor will help […]
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