Tagged: shafts
Shaft considerations for bearing applications part 1: hardness
By Nick Van Tol When it comes to deciding which shaft/pin solution is best for your application there are a lot of factors to consider; type of steel, machinability, surface and core hardness, surface...
Shaft considerations for bearing applications part 2: roughness
By Nick Van Tol In a continuation of our 3-part series, deciding which shaft/pin is best for your application, Part 2 will be a short discussion on the importance of surface roughness. Even if...
Colour Difference Between Aluminum Rails & Shafting
By Matt Mowry We get this question a lot, and when I say we get it, I mean, we get it—we understand. Let’s say that you are designing a piece of equipment and the linear bearing systems involved are...
Maximizing Shaft and Bearing Lifetimes in Agricultural Machinery White Paper
One of the most common causes of downtime and failure of agricultural machinery consists of wear on the machinery’s bearings and shafts. How do different shaft surface treatments reduce corrosion and wear? See the...