Bonfiglioli USA to Launch New High-Torque Parallel-Shaft and Helical-Bevel Gear Units at MinEXPO and WEFTEC. Hebron, Kentucky – August, 2008. Bonfiglioli, the global pioneer of high-torque planetary gearboxes, will announce the launch of the HDP/HDO Series, a heavy-duty parallel-shaft and helical-bevel reducer series to the North American market at MinEXPO 2008 in Las Vegas (booth no. 1061) and WEFTEC in Chicago (booth no. 14041). This new series is the culmination of a three-year in-house development program and a two-year history of successful sales in Europe, Australia and South Africa. New high-power, high-torque reducer range. The HDP/HDO Series allows Bonfiglioli to offer solutions for high-torque industrial applications, satisfying power and torque requirements ranging 10-1500 hp/100,000-640,000 in-lbs, with plans to extend the range further by the end of 2008. The series is targeted at mining, conveying and other processing industries. It is designed as a standard product line with a wide variety of options that make it flexible enough to meet most applications. The use of high-performance materials, carefully controlled heat treatment and state-of-the-art design techniques provide the HDP/HDO Series with unrivalled performance in the parallel-shaft market. These heavy-duty units were created with extensive use of FEA (finite element analysis) and MBS (multi-body simulations) to identify the dynamic effects of stress transmitted between the various components of a gearbox. The result is enhanced structural rigidity and gear geometry for optimized load capacity and gear/bearing life. Noise levels and vibration have also been kept to an absolute minimum by using structural simulations based on BEM (boundary element method) analysis. The application of these very stringent engineering and manufacturing specifications meet both ISO and AGMA standards. It provides a design ready for the world market, allowing industrial users to experience maximum performance and quality, while satisfying the most advanced standards in industry. The result is a range of products that even the most experienced manufacturers will find hard to beat. Quite simply, HDP/HDO sets a new benchmark for the power transmission industry. Bonfiglioli is one of the world's leading designers and manufacturers of power transmission and control products for a wide variety of industrial and mobile applications. Bonfiglioli USA supports and assembles these and other industrial transmissions at their Hebron, Kentucky-based Drive Service Center.