Bearing technology - Baldor/Dodge

Baldor Dodge:

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.

Dodge ISN-Plummer block units:

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

Dodge Grip Tight:

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