Turbine Subcomponents, Mechanical
Ark-Plas Products, Inc.
Ark-Plas is an ISO 9001 registered manufacturer of miniature plastic fittings and tubing established in 1982. Our motto “Expect Excellence” means that customer’s needs will be fulfilled from the moment of placing their order to the moment of receiving a quality product on time.
Facility
Our office and manufacturing facility is located at 165 Industry Lane in Flippin, AR. All our products are manufactured, packaged, and shipped from this location. Ark-Plas has been manufacturing products in Flippin, AR since the start of the business in 1982.
Products
Ark-Plas manufactures over 5,000 different products for a wide range of industries including the wind industry, automotive, and automation, just to name a few. We specialize in the manufacturing of plastic fittings, check valves, filters, quick disconnect luers, extruded tubing, extruded grommet, routing and protection accessories, screw covers, and quick bind hardware. Non-standard Materials and colors are available on a per-quotation basis. Please contact our Customer Service Department for more information.
Flexible Tubingâ¨Ark-Plas Flexible Tubing is extruded to exacting standards, utilizing in-line, digital gauges to ensure repeatability and traceability with each run. Ark-Plas Flexible Tubing is available in multiple colors, and in the following materials:
– Polyurethane, Ether based (85A or 90A)
– Polyurethane, Ester Based (85A)
– Coiled Polyurethane (85A)
– PVC (68A or 90A)
– Vyplas
– Polypropylene (USP Class-VI)
– Polyethylene
– Nylon 11
Spiral Wrap
Ark-Plas Spiral Wrap is a very economical solution for many types of routing and bundling applications in industrial and commercial environments. Spiral Wrap can be used on virtually any item with a diameter of 1/16” to 7”. Ark-Plas Spiral Wrap is available spooled or bagged in lengths from 25 feet up to 2,500 feet. In addition to the standard packaging methods, Ark-Plas Products, Inc. will also cut Spiral Wrap to customer specified lengths.
Material selection includes natural polyethylene, black UV resistant polyethylene, nylon, fire resistant polyethylene, brightly colored fluorescent polyethylene, and clear TPU.
Polyethylene natural Spiral Wrap is a light weight low cost material that is good for general indoor applications and is easy to install, either during production or after final assembly. Polyethylene is not affected by ordinary solvents and is resistant to abrasion.
Premium Barbed Fittings
Ark-Plas Premium Barbed Fittings are manufactured with critical-use applications in mind. Each fitting is molded using proprietary technology that allows for a barb with no parting line. This means the most crucial sealing point on each piece is entirely seamless, eliminating common molding imperfections such as vertical flash or mismatch. All standard Ark-Plas Premium Barbed Fittings are manufactured with the following key features:
– 100% virgin base material
– 100% Visually Inspected
– Product Certification Available (by request)
– No Parting Line on Barb
– Distinctive, Easy to Grip Body
Other Products
Ark-Plas manufactures other products that include Commercial Grade Fittings, Luers, Stopcocks, Check Valves, Filters, Tube Routing Accessories, Spiral Wrap, Grommet and Cling Wrap, Fitting and Tubing Kits, Decorative Screw Covers, and Quick Bind Hardware.
Services
In addition to our standard products, Ark-Plas provides distributors and OEM customers with assistance in developing economical solutions for their special requirements. We utilize the latest technology in CAD with Solidworks® and tool fabrication is completed on sophisticated computer controlled steel cutting equipment. This technology allows us to manufacture components to suit each customer’s specific needs. Our capabilities include complete integration of engineering and design, prototype product design from an idea to the production of a part, in house tooling and fabrication, and a number of secondary operations for necessary product applications.
Developments
Ark-Plas is working every day to give our customers the best quality products at the greatest value possible. Our knowledgeable sales department will help our customers meet specific product needs, as well as correct material requirements for specific applications. We are very proud of the fact that everything manufactured, packaged, and shipped from Ark-Plas is made in the U.S.A.
Winddrives LLC
Wind Drives provides high-quality, short lead-time OEM and aftermarket products and services for wind turbine drivetrains. By minimizing costly downtime and logistics costs, we’re improving the efficiency of wind turbines on wind farms across the Unites States.
Products & Services:
Gear Lube Exchange Trailers. Our new custom designed, all weather systems utilize telemetric monitoring to allow fleet or O&M sites to monitor fluid use, cleanliness level of final fill and time at sites to improve O&M asset management. Our systems are capable of level III flush, rinse and fill processes and are proven to shorten exchange times dramatically. Utilizing all hydraulic drive systems, there are no electric motors, starters or other high voltage devices. Oil is filtered and cleanliness monitored via onboard particle counter with humidity sensor. On-site training and operation is included.
OEM and replacement parts for megawatt wind turbine manufacturers including:
• Hydraulic systems
• DriAir Blanket- Water Removal and humidity control system. This permanently installed system extends gear, bearing and oil life.
• Lubrication, cooling and heating systems
• Filtration, fluid conditioning and fluid monitoring devices
• Fluid Conveyance including hose assemblies, kits, adapters and tube assemblies
• Custom manifolds, brackets and fixtures
Repairs and component upgrades:
GE 1.5 Extended life filtration upgrades, Rotor lock cylinders, Enerpac tools and pump systems, proportional valve inspection and repair, accumulators, pumps and many other items.
Contact:
Winddrives LLC
Alan Ray- General Manager
Cincinnati Gearing Systems Inc.
Cincinnati Gearing Systems Inc. is a recognized leader in precision gear and transmission Design, Manufacture, Field Service Support and Refurbishment. More than just a gear manufacturer, CGS offers our customers over (100) years of gear design and manufacturing experience, producing high quality, cost effective, reliable products for a wide range of power transmission applications including; Automotive Drive Gearing, Diesel Engine Gearing, Military and Commercial Marine Propulsion and Turbine Power Generation Drives, Wind Energy Drive Units, Pump Drives and Expander / Compressor Drives to name a few.
Cincinnati Gearing Systems Inc. is a full service gear manufacturer offering complete, custom designed and manufacture, gear components and transmissions specifically designed to meet and or exceed your particular application requirements. All gear units are manufactured and tested to assure performance and reliability.
All major aspects of the design and manufacture including all material heat treating requirements are performed in house under strict CGS control and supervision to ensure quality and on time delivery.
Cincinnati Gearing Systems Inc. is certified to ISO-9001 and TS-16949, as well as selected classification societies.
