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News Release from: NTN Bearings (UK) | Subject: Spherical roller bearing for felt rolls
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 25 March 2003
Spherical roller bearing for felt rolls
NTN has developed an optimised spherical roller bearing with integral seals.
As an integral part of the wet end of a paper machine, felt roll bearings are subject to the ingress of corrosive contaminates during operation as well as wash down procedures Contaminates reduce bearing life to months, yet the theoretical fatigue life is years for the applied loads and speeds
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 7 Apr 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The reduction of bearing service life stems from the ingress of contaminates through the existing housing seals.
To combat the ingress of contaminates in the field, felt roll bearings must be frequently lubricated to purge contaminates.
In many cases, lubrication programmes are also consolidating lubricants that are not suitable for felt roll applications.
The end result is reduced bearing life and overall performance.
To increase bearing life, reliability and performance, contaminate must be kept out of the bearing.
Better sealing is required while modification to existing roll and housing components must be kept to a minimum.
To achieve this goal, NTN has developed an optimised spherical roller bearing with integral seals.
The bearing incorporates two robust contact seals, which complement any existing sealing currently used in the housing.
Avoiding the ingress of contaminate prevents accelerated wear, limits lubricant deterioration, reduces lubricant requirements and hence extends lubricant intervals.
The bearing package provides a specifically selected premium lubricant prefilled at NTN's manufacturing factory guaranteeing lubricant cleanliness, quantity and quality at installation.
When installation environments are also frequently less than ideal, a factory prelubricated sealed spherical roller bearing has proved extremely convenient during assembly.
As these bearings are designed as a direct drop-in replacement to the common ISO 223xx series bearings found in felt roll applications, they are completely compatible with existing roll designs and no modifications are necessary to the surrounding components.
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