Mounting Methods (Part 4 of 4): Tapered Adapter SleeveMarch 8, 2017 by Lauren Ansley, PTI(This is the fourth and final installment of a four-part series examining the Four Shaft Attachment Methods for Mounted Ball Bearings…) PTI offers all four (4) shaft locking mechanisms for mounted (aka “housed”) ball bearings: Setscrew Locking Eccentric Locking Collar Concentric Clamp Collar Tapered Adapter Sleeve Let’s examine the fourth option: PTI GSH and UK […]
Mounting Methods (Part 3 of 4): Concentric Clamp CollarFebruary 28, 2017 by Lauren Ansley, PTI(This is the third of a four-part series examining the Four Shaft Attachment Methods for Mounted Ball Bearings…) PTI offers all four (4) shaft locking mechanisms for mounted (aka “housed”) ball bearings: Setscrew Locking Eccentric Locking Collar Concentric Clamp Collar Tapered Adapter Sleeve Let’s examine the third option: PTI’s “CL” Series Concentric Clamp Collar mounted […]
Mounting Methods (Part 2 of 4): Eccentric Locking CollarJanuary 16, 2017 by Lauren Ansley, PTI(This is the second of a four-part series examining the Four Shaft Attachment Methods for Mounted Ball Bearings…) PTI offers all four (4) shaft locking mechanisms for mounted (aka “housed”) ball bearings: Setscrew Locking Eccentric Locking Collar Concentric Clamp Collar Tapered Adapter Sleeve Let’s examine the second option: The Eccentric Locking Collar is a very […]
Mounting Methods (Part 1 of 4): Setscrew LockingDecember 22, 2016 by Lauren Ansley, PTI(This is the first of a four-part series examining the Four Shaft Attachment Methods for Mounted Ball Bearings…) PTI offers all four (4) shaft locking mechanisms for mounted (aka “housed”) ball bearings: Setscrew Locking Eccentric Locking Collar Concentric Clamp Collar Tapered Adapter Sleeve Let’s examine the first option: The Setscrew, also often referred to as […]
Customizing for the Client by Going Feet First – a Cas…November 8, 2016 by Lauren Ansley, PTIBackground: Franklin Miller is a manufacturer of agricultural and waste water equipment. They created a new machine designed to reduce agglomerates for one of their customers that produces crop fertilizer. The Challenge: Due to limited available space in the application, the OEM’s design incorporated five parallel shafts requiring SAF222 housings positioned so close together that […]
PTI Welcomes Our Newest Staff Additions: George Dib and Marl…October 11, 2016 by Lauren Ansley, PTI Leave a CommentWith 25 years of industry experience in sales and marketing, George is supporting our sales efforts in the Carolinas, Eastern Seaboard, as well as Mississippi and Tennessee. George said, “I am excited to join PTI. With 6 engineers on staff here in Charlotte, nearly 300 years of combined industry experience plus resources such as 3D [...]
Understanding the Needs of Our Clients – A Case StudySeptember 2, 2016 by Lauren Ansley, PTI Leave a CommentBackground: A large regional service provider maintains, retrofits, refurbishes, and distributes spare parts for street sweepers, highway maintenance vehicles and electrical service trucks. They purchase a variety of mounted bearings including a competing manufacturer's two-bolt pillow block with concentric locking collar. The Challenge: Pricing was steadily increasing each year, prompting the service provider to seek [...]
Product Availability When It Matters MostAugust 4, 2016 by Lauren Ansley, PTI Leave a CommentWhen PTI’s on-call employee learned an aggregates manufacturer needed a large split block housing ASAP because of a conveyor failure on a Sunday, he immediately got to work… The Challenge: One of a large cement and aggregates manufacturer’s Midwest plants was in operation on a Sunday morning when one of their large split block housings [...]