Keyless Locking Device Provides Solution to Expensive Machining Costs in Lumber Handling Systems
Climax Keyless Locking Devices provide timing solutions for lumber handling systems providing a cost-effective maintenance-friendly alternative to traditional keyed connections.
Sawmill Kicker Arm
Lumber handling systems have gears in the transfer station used for lifting raw material. In order for these transfer stations to run smoothly they demand strict sync tolerances. Traditional keyed connections used in lumber handling systems can become compromised causing a loss of synchronization resulting in stopped production. This need to periodically realign the gears and/or replace expensive keyed shafting is often expensive, difficult, and time consuming.
Climax Series C133 Locking Assemblies negate the need for keyways in drive sprocket applications often allowing for the use of A-Plates. When used with kicker arms our keyless locking devices do not require gang broaching or the need to locate keyways on shafting, resulting in reduced machining costs. Under the extreme operating environments of lumber handling systems, KLDs eliminate the need for keyed connections and the associated problems with backlash and fretting corrosion which over time can cause weakened shafts and/or shaft failures. (more…)
Keyless Locking Devices Provide Solution for Steel Mill Gearbox Applications
Climax Keyless Locking Devices provide steel mills with a cost-effective and low-maintenance alternative to traditional gearbox mounting methods improving efficiency and reducing long-term maintenance costs.
Steel Production Facility
In the steel industry, gearboxes that drive mills are typically coupled to motors using large gear couplings. Traditionally, these couplings are mounted using a heavy interference fit, which requires expensive close-tolerance machining. The installation and removal processes necessitate heating the hub, as well as using a press or puller. This method not only demands significant time and effort but also poses risks to the equipment. Heated hubs can cause seal damage and lead to premature bearing failure. Likewise, when bearing maintenance is necessary, the removal and reinstallation of these couplings becomes labor-intensive and costly.
By incorporating a Climax Shrink Disc, steel mills can bypass these issues. Shrink discs offer a simple and superior alternative that eliminates the need for interference fits, heated hubs, and specialized tools. Climax Keyless Locking Devices and Shrink Discs, provide higher torque, bending and axial thrust capacities, ensuring a reliable performance. The elimination of axial movement during installation enhances precision and stability in the application. KLDs remove notch factors associated with keyways while reducing stress concentrations and potential failure points.
A Solution to Simplify Maintenance in Traditional Stamping Presses
Climax Keyless Locking Devices eliminate the use of keyed shafts required when mounting bull gears in mechanical steel stamping presses, providing a shaft-to-bore connection that is reliable, increased durability, and supplies infinite timing capability.
Bull gears are widely used in traditional stamping presses. Over time the bore of these bull gears will wear out and require maintenance. The typical maintenance approach is often lengthy and consequently affects production and profitability to the manufacturing facility. This process includes welding the bores to enable the plant to machine them back to the required shaft size and finally add a keyway.
In addition, the keyed shafting will oftentimes need to be repaired or replaced which can be difficult and time consuming. Climax provides an exceptional solution that eliminates the need for keyed shafts. Our keyless locking assemblies can be placed in the bore of the bull gear, to lock it to the shaft and provide the necessary torque capacity, while increasing durability, as well as supply infinite timing capability. (more…)
Climax Provides Products for the Construction Industry
PROBLEM: Harsh outdoor environments can lead to premature failure of low speed, light duty bearings.
SOLUTION: Choose Climax ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMW-PE) self-lubricating bearings with stainless steel housings for tough environments. Great for hand operated levers and cranks found on trailer and other construction equipment.
KLDs Provide Productivity Solutions for High Speed Index Packaging Machinery
Keyless Locking Devices (KLDs) ensure required positional accuracy and repeatability is achieved from drive line components, and eliminate keyed connection failure.
When high volumes are desired the most common approach is through the use of high speed index packaging machinery. These machines are capable of performing simultaneous actions at multiple stages of the production process, consequently reducing cycle times. The strenuous demands on the machines, especially the requirement of positional accuracy and repeatability from its drive line components, can cause keyed connections to wear out, become out of sync, and break down over time.
Climax Keyless Locking Devices are designed to use in place of keyed (more…)
Shaft Collars Used as Locators in Automated Packaging Systems
Shaft collars are used on a shaft primarily in 3 general categories: Positioners, Spacers, and Limiters. Functioning as locators in automated packaging systems, shaft collars position components in place or work as mechanical stops providing axial holding power for automated packaging systems. Click on the image to read more.
Keyless Locking Devices Used in Wind Energy Applications
Clean power generation
Indexing Motion and Reversing Wear Out Keyed Connections
Wallowed out keyways cause backlash and create downtime. If you have a customer who is experiencing problems with keyed connections, Climax Keyless Locking Devices can help. KLDs often found in small wind power machinery, eliminate the need for keyed connections. Damage and downtime are a common result of backlash, fretting, and erosion of keyways. Climax KLDs prevent damage and downtime, provide exceptional holding power, and resist torque reversals.
Corrosion Resistant Shaft Collars Provide a Solution to Hostile Environments
On average, corrosion costs the United States an unprecedented one trillion dollars a year. Climax Metal Products can help evade that cost by offering a line of shaft collars specifically targeted for this problem. Our Corrosion Resistant shaft collars are ideal for use in hostile environments where frequent wash-downs are common, such as Food Processing, Pharmaceuticals, Mining, Marine, etc. These collars are made from T316 Stainless Steel or made from steel plated in corrosion resistant yellow zinc.
For more information on our complete line of corrosion resistant shaft collars, contact Climax at 800-542-6552 and ask how we can help.
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Climax Provide Solutions for Timber Industry
From initial harvesting to final product, machinery used in forestry application is constantly subjected to some of the harshest environments and strenuous loads for which an engineer can design. To compensate, many application designers forgo traditional keys and keyways which are subject to failure and rely upon spline interference fits to mount critical components on rotating shafts.
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Keyless Locking Devices Provide Solutions for Mining Industry
Whether your operation is surface, conventional or longwall mining, your machinery is constantly subjected to some of the harshest environments and torturous loads for which an engineer can design. To compensate, for many application designers forgo traditional keys and keyways which are subject to failure and rely upon splice and interference fits to mount critical components on rotating shafts.
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