In the bearing business, knowledge is important for customers, installers, maintenance pros and plant technicians. There is a lot to know and the information is critical to proper installation, removal, lubrication, specifying and failure prevention and analysis. You have to know what you are doing... Read More
Category Archives: Bearings
Where Are Your Bearings Coming From?
When you pay for SKF quality, you should get SKF quality. If you get your SKF bearings or other products through unauthorized distributors, you risk getting far less. Illegal bearing manufacturers deploy devious techniques to fool end-users and OEMs. Some of these include: New... Read More
Proper Shaft Alignment with IBT’s Industrial Maintenance Technologies
Machinery shaft alignment is critical to machine reliability. IBT's Industrial Maintenance Technologies (IMT) Department reveals that in a best case scenario, machinery experiences coupling failure and premature bearing wear. At worst, machinery vibrates apart and causes a catastrophic failure. The proper shaft alignment can help... Read More
Loose Belts Caused by Incorrect Belt Tension Sink Bearings
Bearings on belt-driven machinery are vulnerable to failures caused by incorrect belt tension. Too tight a belt, and the shaft can actually pull to one side, becoming internally off-center. This will put an excessive load on the bearings. Even more damage is likely from a... Read More
Play Lubrication By Ear with IMT
Over lubricating a bearing is about as hazardous as under lubricating it. When do you stop? Some people wait until grease flows out of it. That's too much lubrication, to be sure. Bearing manufacturers report that over lubrication is one of the major causes of... Read More
Bearing Currents Can Shorten Electric Motor Life
Premature failures of induction motor bearings have many causes. The growing use of Variable Frequency Drives with induction motors has generated no shortage of research by motor design engineers on this subject. A primary culprit identified by this research is motor shaft voltages. Two sources... Read More
Tough Jobs May Not Last. Tough Bearings Do.
Hot water. Cold water. Disinfectants. Cooking fats. Acids and corrosives. Washdown chemicals. All in all, it's a hard life when you're a washdown bearing. First they ask you to work long shifts in demanding environ ments. Then they ask you to last a long, long... Read More
New SKF Bearings Save Energy
SKF engineers have made significant improvements to two common bearing designs, resulting in a new bearing family with broad industrial applications. They can offer energy savings of one third compared with standard bearings. With growing concern for the environment and a desire to adopt greener... Read More
Link-Belt Centrik-Lok CL Series Bearing from Rexnord
Rexnord is announcing the launch of the Link-Belt® Centrik-Lok® CL Series Normal Duty Bearing, a new concentric locking ball bearing for high-speed, high-vibration applications. The new Link-Belt® Centrik-Lok® CL design represents a concentric-style shaft mount for Link-Belt Ball Bearings. Designed for demanding applications that require... Read More
Link-Belt PA 300 Series HD SHURLOK Bearings from Rexnord
Rexnord introduces the patented SHURLOK® Adaptor-Mounted Technology to its Heavy Duty Ball Bearing product line, helping improve operational efficiency and reduce installation errors. The new Link-Belt® PA 300 Series HD SHURLOK® Adapter-Mounted Ball Bearing allows for easy installation and removal; its one-piece housing unit is... Read More