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As a Boston-based company, the tragedy at the Boston Marathon really hit home.
The recent creation of the prosthetics division gives us a great opportunity to serve many of those victims who received their prosthetic limbs from one of our clients, a local prosthetics company north of Boston. Not to mention the wounded veterans from the last dozen years of conflict overseas.
Led by industry solutions expert, Rick Piracini, Action Bearing’s knowledgeable prosthetics team assists clients in determining which bearing technologies would be most suitable (Control bearings are ball bearings that allow the client to replicate the movement of the ankle). This starts by taking into consideration the specifications, recommendations, maintenance strategies, fatigue life and wear resistance of the bearing in relation to the prosthetic.
All prosthetics bearings receive the highest scrutiny for effectiveness and durability. All movements have to be supported with extremely high precision and reliability in every axis. This provides smooth running, high load capacity, rigidity and long life.
For more information for bearings for prosthetics, you can contact Rick Piracini in the Robotics and Automation division directly at 866-995-8765 or email rickp@emersonbearing.com.
The advent of microbreweries has created a very competitive market of businessmen who are passionate about the beer they brew and how it’s received by consumers.
To help keep the production lines moving for these fine lagers requires dependable parts and service. That’s why Action Bearing recently established a Brewer’s Division as part of our efforts to supply bearings and related products to the packaging and food processing industries.
Our Brewer’s Division features bearings for several key parts of the brewing process: mixing, bottling/canning, seaming, labeling and any part of the process involving conveyance. We also sell a number of related products, including: stainless steel mounted units, roller chains, adhesives and sealants, cam followers, rod ends, thrust bearings, control bearings and needle roller bearings.
To date, Action Bearing has been able to assist local brewers like Boston Beerworks and the Mass Bay Brewing Company, makers of Harpoon. We’re looking forward to bringing that same level of customer satisfaction to other brewers in New England.
Action Bearing Marketing Specialist Mike Quinn is responsible for the Brewer’s Division. He can be reached by e-mail at mquinn@emersonbearing.com or by calling 866.995.8760.
The printing market has made a comeback.
Due to the increased demand, we’ve created an entire division to specifically cater to prepress, offset, digital printing and paper converting markets.
Our expert team, led by Rick Piracini, helps determine which bearing technologies would be most suitable by taking into consideration the specifications, recommendations, maintenance strategies, fatigue life and wear resistance of the bearing in relation to the application.
Printing
To achieve the required pin sharp quality, we provide high precision and wear free bearing supports for print rollers. This ensures that the impression cylinder is supported with as little clearance, as much rigidity as possible, and with very few runout errors.
The NAO style needle bearing with offset cage packets has become the standard. Needle rollers, Cam Followers and yoke rollers are used extensively in the distributor roller drives, gripper shaft controls and throughout the presses.
Other related products available include: ball bearings, needle bearings, roller bearings, linear motion, free running, mounted units, oil seals, cam followers and rod ends.
Paper Converting
The process of converting paper into a usable form has very different bearing requirements. Slitters and rewinders require high speed ball bearings and linear motion bearings that have high running accuracy.
We provide special solutions to printing and paper converting clients such as the use of “free running” insert bearings and pillow blocks. These have modified seals and slingers on both sides, which allow for low start up torque and effective sealing even in high heat applications.
Lee Holt has been named Marketing Specialist and will lead our Wood Products Division dedicated to accommodating the unique bearing needs of wood industry customers – from logging to finished cabinetry.
Lee, who has been a key member of our team for 47 years, has been promoted from Inside Sales to Marketing Specialist. Lee has comprehensive knowledge of bearings, having begun his career with us as a part-time warehouse stock assistant when he was a student.After graduating from Boston Trade School of Roxbury, he began working full-time here and received hands-on training in fulfillment and sales. The wood industry spans a variety of bearing requirements.
At the logging level heavy duty mounted units and roller chain are essential as the logs are de-limbed and rough processed at the sawmill. The finishing phases requires saws, planers and finishing equipment that use high-speed spindles that work under great stress while maintaining critical tolerances.
We offer special solutions for the industry including Radial ball bearings with the P53 designation. The Abec 5 precision accommodates high speeds and controlled runout while the C3 internal clearance allows for the stress and heat buildup of high radial loads.
Other related products include Ball Bearings, Roller Bearings, Super Precision Bearings, Mounted Units, Linear Motion, Oil Seals and Spherical Bushings.
We’ve launched a Power Generation Division dedicated to accommodating the unique bearing needs of utilities.
Our Power Generation clients include Coal and Gas fired Electric utilities stretching from the Northeast to Guam, Bermuda and the Caribbean.
Rick Piracini, our Marketing Specialist and industry expert, oversees this division and assists clients in determining which bearing technologies would be most suitable by taking into consideration the specifications, recommendations, maintenance strategies, fatigue life and wear resistance of the bearing in relation to the application.
Power generation requires uninterrupted bearing service. Our 24/7 service and inventory are critical to the operations of utility clients.
The ball and roller bearings for the pumps, compressors, electric motors and drives must meet critical internal clearances, cage designs and Abec precision class. Our inventory includes Split Bearing Pillow Blocks, Cylindrical Roller Bearings, Ball Bearings, Type E Pillow Blocks, M2000 Pillow Blocks, Oil Seals and Isolator Seals, Spherical Roller Bearings, Cylindrical Roller Bearings and Spherical Bushings.
Pillow Block bearings have to be a design that allows for easy and prompt replacement. We offer a special solution to utilities – the Craft Split Roller block, which allows for rapid replacement, and ultimately saves on downtime and costs.
We also recommend high-end lubricants such as Kluber or Lubriplate for critical locations to better match lubricant service life to bearing B 10 life ratings.
One of the services Action Bearing provides is Engineering Seminars for companies located in the greater Boston area.
These Engineering Seminars are held on-site for a company’s employees. A senior field service engineer from the factory that we represent educates staff about bearings and related parts.
Most recently, we spoke at Schnitzer Northeast in Everett, MA, which is the metals recycling yard, port and regional office of Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc., a leading global metal recycler.
Our Engineering Seminars are designed to educate clients about bearings and related parts required for their machinery, which manufactures, processes or recycles products. Bearings often operate in unique performance conditions such as dirty and biohazardous environments, extremely hot/cold temperatures and environments where chemicals, radiation, speed/velocity and size play a major role.
Our experts educate a company’s employees about the factors involved in the smooth operation of bearings and ultimately in the prevention of premature bearing failure. A dry, dirty environment is typically an environment that generates some kind of dust. A wet, dirty environment often involves water or a chemical that emulsifies with the oil (bearing lubricant), which causes the bearing to fail.
To give you an example, worn seals on linear bearings that are used in a dirty environment will enable contamination. Even with the best design, lubrication and installation, bearing failure will occur if the operating environment is not taken into consideration.
Our Engineering Seminars help companies eliminate the guesswork, avoid costly downtime and ensure maximum operational efficiency.
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