Extend Bearing PreLoad Life with Rotor Clip Parts
Bearing preload involves applying a permanent axial force to a bearing, ensuring it is securely seated without any axial clearance. This process is crucial because it eliminates unwanted internal movement and enhances stiffness, which leads to smoother operation. By maintaining constant contact between the bearing components, preload minimizes noise and vibration, extending the life of both the bearing and the overall application. Additionally, preloading helps counteract issues like dimensional variation, wear, and thermal expansion, ensuring more consistent performance over time.
Rotor Clip provides three effective solutions for preloading bearings and eliminating axial clearance:
These solutions help optimize bearing performance by reducing play and maintaining stable, precise operation in demanding applications, contributing to improved reliability and longer-lasting equipment.
Bearing Preload with Wave Springs
- MST Wave Spring Series (With Gap or Overlapping Ends)
Rotor Clip’s MST wave springs are ideal for short deflection applications with low to medium forces. Offered in a variety of waves and material thicknesses, these springs are designed to fit a wide range of bore and rod diameters, with part numbers that align with popular bearing sizes for easy integration into your assembly. View our bearing interchange chart now.
MST Wave Spring Features:
- The wave spring allows for overhead assembly, as it can lightly grip the inside of the bearing bore.
- It can be installed automatically using a tapered mandrel, similar to the automatic installation of retaining rings.
- The even, sinusoidal waves in the spring design ensure a consistent load and force with small tolerances.
- There is no radial jamming because the spring ends can overlap without pushing against one another.
- There are no tooling costs for special sizes.
- The spring self-centers within the bearing bore.
- It provides resilient preload.
Bearing Preload with Bowed Retaining Rings
- BSH (External) & BHO (Internal)
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