These tin based babbit materials are also suitable for high temperature bearing applications up to 175°C (350°F) and can perform well as self-lubricating bearings in dry and submerged applications.

GRAPHALLOY, which is a graphite or metal alloy, provides various advantages. It effectively eliminates the need for oil or grease and is environmentally safe to use and machine. The elimination of liquid lubricants reduces maintenance and contamination.

Offering superior heat dissipation without melting or cold flow, GRAPHALLOY Tin Based Babbitt materials can also be used as a substitute for plastic. In low temperature applications, such as -400° F/-205° C, these new bearings of Graphite Metallizing Corporation solve lubrication issues caused the viscosity to oil and grease that commonly prevents proper operation of equipment.

The all-new GRAPHALLOY Tin Based Babbitt offers all the necessary performance benefits of traditional babbit materials. Users need not worry of any environmental concerns since it can be safely used in food applications, drinking water applications and traditional low temperature applications. For new equipment design and the most challenging plant maintenance, GRAPHALLOY bushings and bearings provide the proven solution.

Aside from being self-lubricating, GRAPHALLOY materials are also impervious to extreme temperatures (from -400°F to +1000°F/-240°C to 535°C). Used in the manufacture of bearings, bushings and other for process and machinery equipment, GRAPHALLOY materials thrive in the most extreme environments where other competing bearings fail.

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ETP bushings incorporate a double walled sleeve encapsulating a pressure medium. When the actuation screw is tightened it forces the inner and outer wall of the bushing to expand uniformly against the shaft and hub of the mounted component. The result is concentricity to .001” T.I.R. Mechanical devices, by comparison, rely on precise and accurate tightening of the actuation screws to avoid excessive T.I.R. Additionally, extremely high compressive forces are imparted on the shaft by mechanical bushings.

ETP bushings are ideal where repeated mounting and dismantling of components is required. ETP Bushings are consistently accurate and easy to use.

The ETP Classic has flange mounted actuation screws. The ETP Express has just one mounting screw positioned in a radial location. The single actuation screw of the ETP Express is the fastest and easiest way to mount components accurately. The single actuation screw saves space, time and is easy to access.

Both ETP Classic and ETP Express operate in temperature ranges from -22° to 180° F. The ETP Classic handles torque ranges from 40 to 11,413 ft lbs while the ETP Express handles torque ranges from 40 to 6,400 ft lbs. Both require no lubrication. They are available in a full range of inch and metric sizes in both standard steel and stainless steel.

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“Many of our customers have had challenges developing and assembling brackets that connect motors and gearboxes to Festo® actuators,” said Craig Van den Avont, GAM Gear, LLC’s president. “We’re pleased to introduce a motor mount kit and planetary gearbox that comes ready to bolt directly to a Festo actuator.”

The new LSK from GAM is a customized mounting solution designed to connect any motor with a linear actuator. The LSK is also offered in multiple sizes and includes the mounting and coupling hardware.

The new EPL-H is a hollow output planetary gearbox that can directly mounts to any actuator and motor, and is offered in three frame sizes.

“We hope this universal solution will help make mounting to Festo actuators easier,” added Van den Avont. “We’re committed to meeting our customers’ needs as we strive to manufacture custom and universal solutions that make application design a more seamless process.”

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New Hyde Park, NY – A new interactive CD-ROM from Stock Drive Products/Sterling Instrument (SDP/SI) features a new 360-page “Inch/Metric Supplement Catalog, D795”, containing over 7,000 components plus eStore access. The CD-ROM also contains PDF versions of the previously published SDP/SI 1,184-page Master Inch Catalog, D790, and the 1,240-page Master Metric Catalog, D785. The CD-ROM also has eStore access for ordering parts, requesting quotes, downloading 3D drawings, and checking inventory at any time.

The new D795 Inch/Metric supplement catalog contains technical information, specifications and photos of product groups including belt & chain drives, shaft accessories, bearings, feed & idler rollers, couplings, vibration mounts & pads, linear motion systems, hardware, right angle drives, gearheads, gearmotors and clutches.

A separate section of the CD features a video of the Fairloc® Integral Fastener system located right on the hub of a part. It eliminates the need for set screws which prevent shaft damage. An interactive demo of the Shaftloc® rotating device fastener is also featured. Shaftloc uses an outer and inner sleeve to lock components to a shaft. The CD also contains a 3D view of the unique Conidrive® belts and pulleys which utilize a conical groove design that keeps the drive aligned without the need for pulley flanges.

The “Inch / Metric Supplement Catalog, D795” is available free at http://sdp-si.com/web/html/newprdD795CD.htm.

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Garden City Park NY –  Precision 20^o pressure angle stainless steel bevel gears from Quality Transmission Components are stocked in 24 sizes in modules 1.5~3. These gears, identified as the SUB Series, are made of SUS303 and conform to precision grade JIS B 1704 grade 3 standards. They are stocked in sizes ranging from Module1.5 to Module 3. Number of teeth range from 15 to 45, bore sizes range from 8mm to 20mm and hub diameters from 25mm to 80mm. In addition to these stainless steel bevel gears QTC stocks a wide variety of bevel gears in other materials including: plastic, injection molded, sintered metal, steel, and in specialized types including: Bevel gears and pinion shafts, finished bore, and spiral bevel gear types.

At the new QTC eStore you can get immediate quotes, download 3D models, and place online orders. Go to: http://www.qtcgears.com/RFQ/default2.asp

Complete technical specifications are contained in catalog Q420, which is available to users of metric gears free upon request from Quality Transmission Components, Division of Designatronics, Inc., 125 Railroad Avenue, Garden City Park, NY 11040-5016. Phone: 516-437-6700 Fax: 516-328-3343.

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