Abstract: An operating device for a machine includes a shaft having a channel extending through the shaft and includes a fluid mover coupled to the shaft. The fluid mover is in flow communication with the channel to channel a fluid through the channel to facilitate treating the shaft with the fluid.

Abstract: A geared cooling device and method of manufacturing a geared cooling device. The cooling device includes a fan shaft, a fan coupled to the fan shaft and a speed adjuster coupled to a motor shaft of a motor and coupled to the fan shaft. The speed adjuster adjusts a rotational speed of the fan shaft to cause the fan shaft to rotate at a different rotational speed than the motor shaft to facilitate passing cooling air past the motor. The method of manufacturing includes coupling the speed adjuster to the motor shaft and to the fan shaft.

Abstract: An operating device for a machine includes a shaft having a channel extending through the shaft and includes a fluid mover coupled to the shaft. The fluid mover is in flow communication with the channel to channel a fluid through the channel to facilitate treating the shaft with the fluid.

Abstract: A sealing system that self-adjusts according to atmospheric conditions is disclosed. The sealing system includes an annular seal casing mounted on a stationary component, the annular seal casing positioned such that a rotating component extends therethrough, at least one annular sealing agent configured to radially move with respect to the rotating component between a sealed position and an unsealed position, at least one sensor for gathering atmospheric data, and at least one micro-mechanism configured to control the at least one annular sealing agent based on the atmospheric data.

Abstract: A dual direction axial fan is provided and includes a body having a retention assembly and being rotatable in first or second directions, a blade being retained by the retention assembly such that the airfoil section extends from the body with the blade assuming first, second or third orientations and a switching mechanism coupled to the retention assembly to urge the blade to assume the second or the third orientation when the body rotates in the first or the second direction, respectively.

Abstract: A geared cooling device and method of manufacturing a geared cooling device. The cooling device includes a fan shaft, a fan coupled to the fan shaft and a speed adjuster coupled to a motor shaft of a motor and coupled to the fan shaft. The speed adjuster adjusts a rotational speed of the fan shaft to cause the fan shaft to rotate at a different rotational speed than the motor shaft to facilitate passing cooling air past the motor. The method of manufacturing includes coupling the speed adjuster to the motor shaft and to the fan shaft.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided and includes a load, circuitry coupled to the load for turning the load on and off, a conduit box through which electricity is transmitted to the load to power the load when the load is turned on, the conduit box including a conduit box body formed to define an aperture and a cover, which closes the aperture when the cover is disposed at a predefined position relative to the conduit box body and a system by which the conduit box body and the cover are operably coupled to the circuitry to provide transmission of the electricity through the conduit box when the load is turned on only when the cover is disposed at the predefined position relative to the conduit box body.

Abstract: Real time measurement of a rotor surface is disclosed. In one aspect, at least one radio frequency identification (RFID) tag with an integrated sensor is placed on the rotor to measure operational data therefrom. An RFID reader reads the operational data measured from the rotor by the at least one RFID tag with the integrated sensor in real time.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided and includes a load, circuitry coupled to the load for turning the load on and off, a conduit box through which electricity is transmitted to the load to power the load when the load is turned on, the conduit box including a conduit box body formed to define an aperture and a cover, which closes the aperture when the cover is disposed at a predefined position relative to the conduit box body and a system by which the conduit box body and the cover are operably coupled to the circuitry to provide transmission of the electricity through the conduit box when the load is turned on only when the cover is disposed at the predefined position relative to the conduit box body.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes an endcap assembly for a stator of an electric motor having a stator winding. The endcap assembly has a dielectric material, and a plurality of connection paths each being supported by the dielectric material and each intervening between each turn of the stator winding wherein the connection paths are configured to communicate with each terminal end of a stator conductor. A method of making a stator is also provided.