Eliminates Need for Expensive Machining

The drive bearing of a new model of portable cleaning machines needed to be mounted in the cast iron gear housing. As the Gear housing is cast, it is very difficult to maintain the tolerances. Machining the bearing seat area involved high machining cost and time. Henkel’s Loctite products were recommended for this application: Loctite 660 Quick Metal Retaining compound was used along with 7649 Primer to retain bearing to housing and Loctite 242 used to lock the screws of gear to housing which creates 100% metal-to-metal contact between the mating parts increasing the load carrying capability as well as preventing the area from fretting corrosion.