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Dale Renner, CBS and sales representative at Bearing Headquarters Co., explains how his bearing expertise
helped solve a customer’s problem
and saved significant downtime and
cost.
There’s nothing quite as satisfying as scoring a goal. Here at Power Transmission Engineering, our goal is to provide you with as much relevant educational and technical material as
possible, and every issue we strive to cover the subjects of power transmission and motion control from as many different angles as possible, so that no matter your job title, and no matter your industry, if gears, bearings, motors and related components are important to you, we’ve got you covered.
Power Transmission Engineering is collaborating with the Bearing
Specialists Association (BSA) on a special section within the magazine.
Bearing Briefs will present updated reports on bearing topics for each issue in 2016.
Complimentary access to all BSA Bearing and Industry Briefs is available on the BSA
website at www.bsahome.org/tools.
Guy Gendron, certified bearing specialist and technical sales representative at Timken Canada L.P. explains how he used his bearing expertise to increase a customer’s productivity.
Power Transmission Engineering is collaborating with the Bearing Specialists Association (BSA) on a special section within the magazine. Bearing Briefs will present updated reports on bearing topics for each issue in 2016. Complimentary access to all BSA Bearing and Industry Briefs is available on the BSA website at www.bsahome.org/tools. Additionally, our new Field Notes section on page 34 will feature field reports from BSA’s Certified Bearing Specialists.
I’m building a custom gearbox with 7075 T-6 spur gears, and I’m concerned
that aluminum flakes will enter the races on the roller bearings (SKF 2307) and cause premature failure. So my question is — should I place an oil seal on the shaft first to protect the bearing — or is this an unfounded concern and I should mount the seal in the typical manner outside the bearing? Or both? Or go with a sealed bearing? I’m confused and could use your expertise, please.
In 1991, Needelman and Zaretsky presented a set of empirically
derived equations for bearing fatigue life (adjustment) factors (LFs) as a function of oil filter ratings.
Tapered roller bearings can be set at initial machine assembly to any desired axial or radial clearance. This unique feature enables a designer to control bearings to meet anticipated application operating conditions, and thereby provide
optimum bearing and system performance.
The following short articles first appeared on www.powertransmission.com. They are
part of the ongoing series of hints, technical tidbits and inside knowledge presented by our resident blogger, Norm Parker. If you like what you see here and are interested in learning more, visit www.powertransmission.com/blog.