Schmeckthal-Group

The well-established traditional brands Baldor, Dodge and Reliance are nowadays
consolidated under the roof of Baldor. The three premium brands supply since the
beginning of the last century electrical motors, gear products and power transmission
components, above all for the North American marketplace.
In Europe the brand Dodge is particularly well established with pre-mounted housed
bearing units. Unlike most large European manufacturers Baldor Dodge only offers a
limited choice of standard products and rather thrives to offer solutions for special
and challenging applications: process AND problem oriented.
The assembly of a spherical roller bearing unit normally is labour and time intensive.
For the ISN series emphasis therefore was put on ease of mounting and disassembly.
To this end Dodge now supplies pre-mounted high precision spherical roller bearings in
cast iron housings.
A highly effective adapter mounting and dismounting system assures concentric grip and
optimal gasp on the shaft and allows for an assembly/disassembly operation in less
than 15 minutes.
Dodge ISN-Plummer block units
Conventional assembly of bearings often leads at a later stage to rust and corrosion.
Traditional systems can further be prone to vibrations since the adjusting screws
normally force the shaft in a somewhat eccentric position - a provoked unbalance -
which then reduces the lifetime of the bearings.
The Dodge Grip Tight adapter puts an end to these disadvantages:
it consists of two separate bushings and a setscrew. The screw pulls the two bushings
which are inversely conical together and presses the inner bushing on the shaft until a
tight fit is achieved. This ensures a perfectly concentric 360 degree fit. When the
setscrew is loosened the resilience opens the bushings somewhat, so that they can be
easily removed. A bearing exchange can be achieved in about 15 minutes. The integrated
thrower ring sealing of the Grip Tight system ensures additional bearing protection
under unfavourable conditions and makes a contribution to improved bearing lifetime.
Dodge Grip Tight
WVW Wälzlager-Vertrieb Wiesbaden GmbH
Gewerbegebiet Petersweg
Fritz-Ullmann-Straße 4
D-55252 Mainz-Kastel
LAT & SGF Wälzlager- und Industriebedarfs- GmbH
I-Gebiet Weidenbusch
Boschring 7
D-56422 Wirges