With a downwind sail area of over 4,600 sq. ft. and a top speed well over 20 knots, the Gunboat 66 is a boat where components simply cannot bind. That's why when Slim was refitted in 2015, Vesconite was used as the rudder and daggerboard trunk … [Read more...]
Thordon offers guidance to to shipowners on VGP 3.0 delay
Thordon Bearings has advised its customers with newbuilds under construction to make sure they have the necessary documentation in place permitting operations in US waters prior to December 18th, 2018. The advice follows the October 10th … [Read more...]
igus part helps students design child-proof lock
Students from a prestigious technical university in Germany developed a child safety lock for cleaning agent bottles that includes a lubrication-free bearing manufactured by igus. Nearly 94,000 calls are made each year to the Poison Information … [Read more...]
What are bearing withdrawal sleeves?
A tapered bore bearing can be mounted onto a cylindrical stepped shaft through the use of a tapered withdrawal sleeve also. The sleeve is pressed into the bearing bore that abuts a fixed component. The sleeve is then located on the shaft by a nit or … [Read more...]
What are bearing adapter sleeves?
In adapter mounting, a tapered bore bearing is mounted onto a cylindrical shaft through the use of a tapered adapter sleeve. Many typical split pillow block applications use an adapter sleeve to mount. The shaft seat does not need to be machined to … [Read more...]
Emerson Bearing Boston’s solutions for hard-to-find bearings and parts
By Steven Katz President, Emerson Bearing Boston Good machinery can last a lifetime. But replacement parts for older equipment may be near impossible to find. So what do you do when you’re looking to replace hard-to-find bearings and related … [Read more...]
What are angular contact thrust ball bearings?
Angular contact thrust ball bearings are separable, i.e. the washers and ball and cage assemblies can be mounted independently. Although originally designed to support the rotary tables of drilling rigs, they are also suitable for other applications … [Read more...]
SKF on recognizing bearing danger signs
SKF Training Solutions has added a new video to its Technical Tip Video Series. In this video, Joe Conyers covers, danger signs for bearings to help engineers and technicians achieve their personal Education/Training requirements. The Technical Tip … [Read more...]
Schaeffler Group USA partners with The University of Akron
As manufacturing jobs require increasingly higher levels of technical skill, U.S. companies are struggling to find workers who possess the necessary qualifications to thrive in these rewarding careers and grow their firms’ business. To help address … [Read more...]
Vesconite Bearings adds to its machine shop
Self-lubricated polymer bearings and bushes manufacturer Vesconite Bearings will add three computer numerically controlled lathes and machining centers to its machine shop next month. Among the equipment added will be a Mazak slant turn lathe with a … [Read more...]
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