The blog I wrote several weeks ago about installing lock collars generated the question, “What if a lock collar is locked in the wrong direction during assembly? At worst, the lock collar will come ...

Smooth bore shaft collars in 316 stainless steel suit medical, food processing, and pharmaceutical applications where washdown is required and contamination from corrosion must be avoided. Available ...

I don’t know why, but in recent years I’ve seen a rash of bearings with cracked inner races. Sometimes the damage was on relatively new machines with very few hours on them. Symptoms related to a ...

Materials — When complicated geometry proves more trouble than it’s worth, the deceptively simple function of transmitting torque can be improved by even small changes in chemical makeup. The core ...