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.

PST ® 567 Pipe Sealant Stops The Leak On University’s Chilled Water Piping.

The University of Wisconsin in Madison employs 40 steamfitters to maintain its central heating and cooling system in over 300 buildings. In one situation, the maintenance team was replacing some 3″ diameter chilled water piping and was using a different style of piping. The threads had to be recut to make the fit and Teflon® tape was used to seal the joined piping.

Manufacturing Reliability Training Gives Maintenance Team The Know-How.

A large tissue manufacturer in the Midwest uses special vacuum reel spools on their 200″ trim twin wire Yankee paper machine. When one roll is almost complete, a new spool is swung into place on the backtender. A vacuum is created inside the new spool by inserting a hose into the vacuum flange. Once the sheet from the full roll is broken, this vacuum draws the tissue onto the new spool, which is already up to a full operating speed of one mile a minute.