What Makes Taper Lock Bearing Essential in Industrial Applications?

Taper lock bearing

The use of bearings in industrial applications helps easy operation and performance of machines. They allow the machine to handle heavy loads at low and moderate to high speeds and minimize thrust and noise while at high stress peaks. Technological developments have helped bring improvements in the designs of bearings. Of the several designs, a tapered bore bearing is the one used for applications that require easy mounting and dismounting of the axle shaft or bearing unit.

You can have this taper lock bearing mounted directly to a tapered shaft or an externally tapered sleeve of a cylindrical shaft.

Some Inherent features of Tapered Bore Roller Bearings 

With the innate features, this bearing type assists in withstanding several demanding applications. Here are some of the prominent characteristics of a tapered bore roller bearing:

• A taper lock uses a high-quality and high-capacity tapered roller bearings to accommodate axial and radial loads.
• The pillow block is made of cast iron and it comes with flanges.
• The standardized designs, sizes, series and dimensions make this bearing easily interchangeable. 
• There is a range of configurations available and it helps you exercise maximum application flexibility. 
• The bearing unit offers a high operational reliability, which is made possible with sealing. This allows self-lubrication when the machine is in operation in a highly contaminated environment.

Various Benefits of Using Taper Lock Bearing in Applications

The innovative design of a taper lock bearing ensures complete economy solutions to certain applications that have less downtime, minimal cost of ownership and reduced maintenance. The other benefits of using this type of bearing are:

1. They have a withdrawal or an adapter sleeve that enables the bearing unit to be fixed easily onto a cylindrical or a tapered shaft to enable easy mounting. The inner ring can be driven up on the shaft to have a tight fit. You can ensure it by evaluating the “radial clearance reduction”, which is caused owing to the expansion of the inner raceway. 
2. You need to loosen the lock on the shaft if the bearing is directly fixed on the adapter or tapered sleeve. The nut is turned anticlockwise to dismount the bearing. You can have hydraulic nuts to easily dismount large types of bearings. 

For any advanced applications that demand quick mounting and dismounting of a bearing, you can choose a taper lock bearing.