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Fiberglide, self lubricating bearings, cam followers

Fiberglide, self lubricating bearings, cam followers
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Fiberglide, self lubricating bearings, cam followers

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Overview of RBC Bearings: RBC Bearings, founded in 1919, is a prominent manufacturer of both standard and custom-engineered bearings. The company emphasizes innovation and quality, catering to industries like aerospace, construction, and robotics.
Product Range: RBC offers a wide array of products, including needle roller bearings, spherical plain bearings, cam followers, and custom-designed bearings. Their cam followers come in various configurations, such as standard stud and yoke types, with options for sealed and unsealed designs.
Cam Followers: RBC's cam followers are engineered for durability and high performance. The RBC Roller® cam follower boasts a 400% life improvement over traditional designs, while the HexLube® feature facilitates easy relubrication.
Technical Specifications: The document provides a selection guide for cam followers, detailing types like needle roller cam followers and airframe track rollers, highlighting benefits such as high load capacity and maintenance-free operation.
Quality and Support: RBC employs a total quality control system and has a global network of over 1,600 distributors. They offer a 90-day warranty on materials and workmanship.
Disclaimer: The catalog is for informational purposes only, with no warranties on accuracy or completeness. All materials are protected by copyright laws.
Introduction to Cam Follower Technology: The document explains cam follower technology, noting differences from standard bearings and emphasizing the need for a heavier outer ring cross-section for strength.
Capacity and Load Limits: Service life and load limits are evaluated based on static and dynamic capacities, with recommendations to not exceed track capacity or 50% of dynamic capacity.
Track Capacity: Track capacity relates to the load a track can withstand without excessive deformation, with adjustments provided for different hardness values.
Bending and Shear Stresses: Recommendations are given for minimizing bending stress by positioning yoke arms close to the roller.
Fatigue Life: Fatigue life is a statistical measure of bearing life, with equations provided for calculating rating life.
Speed Limit and Maximum Acceleration: Speed limits are determined by bearing size and design, with recommendations to avoid exceeding these limits.
Eccentric Cam Followers: These allow height adjustments between the follower and track, with adjustments limited to ±45 degrees.
Interchange Tables: The document includes tables listing RBC part numbers alongside equivalents from McGill and Torrington, focusing on yoke rollers and cam followers.
Custom Designed Cam Followers: RBC offers specialized cam followers for specific applications, including double row caged roller followers and stainless steel cam followers.
Product Range: RBC manufactures a comprehensive range of bearings, including spherical plain bearings, commercial rod ends, cam followers, ball bearings, airframe control bearings, needle roller bearings, self-lubricating bearings, thin section ball bearings, and tapered roller bearings.
Innovation and Quality: RBC is committed to innovation and quality, serving industries such as aerospace, oil and energy, and transportation.
Disclaimer: The document is informational and not a warranty or offer to sell. RBC reserves the right to modify products and information without notice.
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RBC Roller, HexLube, CamCentric A wide array of products including patented RBC Roller® cylindrical roller and needle roller cam followers - both stud and yoke styles.

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RBC Bearings Incorporated (RBC Bearings, RBC) has had a long tradi- tion of innovation, commitment, and quality since the company was founded in 1919. Today, RBC Bearings has grown into a world-class manufacturer of standard and custom-engineered bearings and related products, with a product focus on research, testing, and development of the best product for specific applications. RBC Bearings, with facilities throughout North America and Europe, provides bearings and precision products for applications in the con- struction, mining, material handling, transportation and off-highway equipment,...

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Cam Follower Selection Guide Patented Cam Follower Design for Extended Life Stud Type Cam Followers HexLube®Series Universal Cam Followers S--LW, CS--LW, S--LWX, CS--LWX, Yoke Type Cam Followers Caged Roller Followers and Inner Rings Series SRF, SRF--S, SRF--SS, SRF--R, SRF--RR, IR Mast Guides and Carriage Rollers Chain Sheaves and Toothless Sprockets Airframe Track Rollers and Needle Bearings Technical Section Typical Applications RBC Cam Follower Interchange Tables Custom Designed Cam Followers

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RBC Cam Followers are presented in five groups: Needle Roller Cam Followers; Caged Roller Followers; RBC Roller® Long Life Cam Followers; Material Handling Rollers and Sheaves; and Airframe Track Rollers and Needle Bearings. RBC also produces a wide range of custom designed cam followers and track rollers. Designers and users with un- usual application requirements should contact RBC to discuss custom designed cam followers. Savings at Every Turn! RBC Bearings produces the most innovative line of cam followers in the industry. The entire line is made from bearing quality steel for optimum performance....

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Cam Follower Selection Guide Standard stud - page 16 Heavy stud - page 22 Yoke type - page 24 applications and provides for flow-through lubrication. Caged roller followers normally mount directly on a hardened and ground pin. RBC offers a line of Precision Ground Inner Rings (page 28) to simplify application of caged roller followers. More information on shaft and mounting considerations is provided in part 5.4 of the technical section (page 45). Material Handling Rollers and Sheaves RBC offers a wide range of rollers and sheaves specifi- cally designed for material handling applications—lifting,...

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Stud and Yoke Type , he RBC Roller® was developed for customers needing a high degree of assurance of long cam follower life. It can be used to great advantage in conveyors, automotive transfer lines or process industries—food, beverage, plastics, glass and others. The RBC Roller® is also attractive for defense applica- tions, where system reliability and maintainability are primary design goals. The internal design and construction differ from typical needle bearing, ball bearing, and tapered roller bearing cam followers. The RBC Roller® design is unique and is covered by Two paths of cylindrical...

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FEATURED PRODUCT Center Thrust Ring Increased Life: large diameter, end- guided rollers yield maximum capacity and increased fatigue life, accommodate thrust loading more effectively, and pro- vide higher limiting speeds. Large Grease Storage Cavity Maintenance-Free: Large grease storage cavity and true contacting lip seals provide superior contaminant exclusion and lubricant retention for maintenance-free operation. \/ Lasts up to 4 times longer than standard cam followers —Saves replacement costs —Saves downtime costs —Saves maintenance costs —Saves lubrication costs —Saves time \/ Increased...

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Long Life Cam Followers To specify RBC Roller® with lubrication holes, add OH suffix (example: RBC 1 1/2 OH). Seals can be removed for flow-through lubrication. To specify RBC Roller® without seals, add NS suffix (example: RBC 4 NS). To specify RBC Roller9 with crowned outer ring, add C prefix (example: CRBC 2 1/2). Refer to page 16 for crown radius.

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Excessive clamping torque may cause shoulder K to dig into housing. Q 1/16 inch for sizes RBC 5 and larger. Torque may be doubled for completely dry threads. Bearing Static Capacity provided for comparison only. Long Life Cam Followers

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Long Life Yoke Rollers To specify RBC Roller® with lubrication holes, add OH suffix (example: RBY 1 3/4 OH). Seals can be removed for flow-through lubrication. To specify RBC Roller® without seals, add NS suffix (example: RBY 3 1/2 NS). To specify RBC Roller® with crowned outer ring, add C prefix (example: CRBY 1 7/8). Refer to page 24 for crown radius.

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Long Life Yoke Rollers Q Bearing Static Capacity provided for comparison only.

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HexLube Universal Cam Follower Universal line of cam follow ers, designed with a unique HexLube® Universal Cam Follower allows for relubrication through the hexagonal head of the cam follower, making relubrication in tight spots possible. In addition, the universal design of the RBC HexLube® Cam Follower can eliminate the need to stock both screwdriver slot and unsealed cam followers. RBC expects that most customers can reduce their inventory on stud type cam followers by 50% using this new universal line. The complete line is available in sizes with an outside diameter from 3/4 inch to 7 inches....

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The Universal Cam Follower Line by RBC BC developed the Universal Cam Follower product line to replace standard cam followers, and delivered two obvious benefits. First, it is possible to relubricate the hex head cam follower through the head. The hex head feature is the preferred mounting method for stud-type cam followers, and now it can be relubricated in tight spots or when stud access is restricted. Second, the HexLube® can eliminate the need to stock both screwdriver slot and unsealed cam followers. Your inventory can be reduced by about 50%! RBC looked at the cam follower market and found...

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