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Ten Tips for Proper Bearing Maintenance

Bearing maintenance will ensure a long service life and help prevent failures

December 2, 2020

Bearing maintenance will ensure a long service life, preventing many common issues that can result in failure and costly downtime.

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Daikin Applied Promotes Future of HVAC at AHR Expo

Focuses on creative recruitment efforts

Nicole Krawcke

February 18, 2019

Every HVAC manufacturer, distributor, and contractor is aware of the growing labor shortage within the skilled trades industries. Most have been working to combat the shortage by getting creative in recruitment efforts — much like Daikin Applied did at the 2019 AHR Expo.

SPX Cooling Technologies Inc.: Gearbox Line

February 20, 2017

This series features gears of high-strength, case-hardened alloy steel. The gearboxes are designed to fit into non-Marley cooling towers for easy replacement and have heavy-duty double-row interstage bearings for 100,000 hours of life or more.

Johnson Controls Expands Magnetic-Bearing Chiller Offering

The complete line now offers units from 165 to 1,000 tons

February 3, 2016

Johnson Controls announced it has expanded its magnetic-bearing centrifugal chiller line, the York YMC2, to 1,000 tons of cooling (3,500 kW). The larger cooling capacity units address the need for reduced sound, high efficiency, and low maintenance as well as featuring magnetic bearing and oil free technology.

Electro Static Technology: Mounting Brackets

August 24, 2015

New Universal Mounting Brackets allow fast, easy installation of AEGIS® iPRO, AEGIS iPRO-MR, and AEGIS WTG Bearing Protection Rings on large motors.

Are Bearings Making You Spin?

An Inside Look at Installation, Application, and Lubrication Myths

Ian A. Rubin

June 23, 2014

The wheels of industry turn on bearings, so why do the wheels often vibrate, clatter, squeak, drag, and overheat?

GSA Studies Maglev Chiller Efficiency

Federal Program Recommends Variable-Speed Maglev Technology for Chiller Replacement

Kimberly Schwartz

May 12, 2014

Because the recommendation is only for end-of-life replacement, the hope is that implementing this technology will result in a gradual greening of chillers across GSA’s facilities.

LUDECA: Induction Bearing Heaters

December 30, 2013

LUDECA has added two new models — the EDDYTHERM Portable and the EDDYTHERM 2x — to its line of induction heaters. Both the EDDYTHERM Portable and EDDYTHERM 2x allow precise setting of time and temperature to prevent premature bearing failures due to an improper or overheating installation.

Electro Static Technology: Bearing Protection Ring

February 18, 2013

The split universal mounting kit version (Split uKIT) of the AEGIS® SGR Bearing Protection Ring is designed to protect the bearings of variable frequency drive (VFD)-driven motors from electrical damage.

The Need for Bearing Protection for Inverter-Duty Motors

Adam Willwerth

February 4, 2013

All major manufacturers of three-phase ac induction motors offer “inverter-duty” or “inverter-ready” models, but while these motors have inverter-rated insulation to protect the windings, the bearings — their most vulnerable parts — are too often ignored.