Peter Harris

What Are Slip Rings? A Slip ring empowers a stationary power source to convey electrical signals to the rotating component. They consist of wires that can channel electricity and are mounted around...

Have you ever sat in a Ferris wheel and wondered how the capsule in which you are sitting is being lit? Neither have I. Nevertheless, you may think the park runs a line from a power source into the...

Slip rings may be small in size, but they’re a part of a larger mechanical system and you’ll find them anywhere from industrial and military equipment to ordinary everyday devices. They do an amazing...

The invention of electrical swivel joints and slip ring rotors has proved to be quite useful in the transmission of electrical signals and power in a system where one of the elements is rotating...

Fiber Optic Rotary JointsThe FORJ or Fiber Optic Rotary Joint can be described as the optical counterpart of the electrical slip ring. While revolving around the fiber axis, it enables continual...

Wind turbines work in extremely challenging environments. They need reliable transmission of data signals and power from the stationary components in nacelle to rotating equipment in the hub. Due to...

FORJs (fibre optic rotary joints) are quite common in optics and represent the optical equivalent of electric slip rings. They essentially allow uninterrupted transmission of optical signals while...

In the field of mechanical engineering, a wide range of equipments are being developed every now and then. The invention of new equipments certainly proves beneficial for us in a number of ways. One...

Electric power is an important aspect of our everyday lives. However, for many years we have exploited the fossil sources of energy to generate power. One disadvantage of this source of energy is that...