Inpro/Seal Revises Its Introduction to Bearing Isolators Literature to Make it Even More Valuable to Plant Maintenance People
This is a reference, written by the inventor of the product and is worded in easy to understand language. It includes important and useful information on the evolution of the bearing isolator, including: how and why it was invented; how it works; how and why contact seals fail in a short period of time; how to eliminate catastrophic failure; how to reduce power consumption in rotating equipment; costs; maintenance; configurations and much more.
Rock Island, IL (PRWEB) April 20, 2005 -- Inpro/Seal Company has announced a
revision to its highly successful brochure, “Introduction to Bearing Isolators,
A short lesson in bearing isolation”.
Valuable Information
Authored by
David C. Orlowski, well known for his knowledge of bearings, bearing protection
and tribilogy, the literature is a valuable source of information and useful
tool to anyone involved in the management, maintenance, repair and operations
(MRO) of motors, machine tool spindles, turbines, fans, gear boxes, paper
machine rolls, pumps and other types of rotating equipment used in
industrial/process plants.
Authored by Industry Expert
President and
founder of Inpro/Seal Company, Orlowski has spent the last 41+ years working on
ways to enhance and extend the service life of rotating equipment. In 1977, he
received patent protection (#4,022,479) for the bearing isolator. (He also
invented the term “bearing isolator” in the process.) In addition, he holds more
than 40 other isolator related patents, some of which go out until 2018 and
longer.
Importance of Research and Feedback
According to Orlowski,
“For over 27 years Inpro/Seal has never stopped developing ways to help
companies increase productivity and improve their bottom line. To this end, our
manufacturing complex is the largest of its kind in the world devoted to the
engineering, research, improvement, testing and manufacture of bearing
isolators.”
Orlowski continued, “A very important aspect of our new
technologies is direct end user feedback. Last year, we completed a two-year
end-user based research project that was conducted on a market-by-market,
application-by-application analysis. The end result of this research was that
end users wanted to know a lot more about bearing isolators. “
“Whether
they used bearing isolators or not, whether or not they read our literature or
advertising messages, the majority of the respondents simply stated that they
wanted to know more about the basics of the product. As a direct result of this
research, we developed a brochure, “Introduction To Bearing Isolators, A short
lesson in bearing isolation”.
Orlowski concluded by saying that, “Based
on feedback, request and need, we have revised our reference to include
additional technical information, artwork and drawings. It represents a major
investment on our part to inform end users how bearing isolators eliminate the
root cause of rotating and related equipment failure - moisture, dirt and
abrasives contaminating the bearing environment.”
Unique
Reference
What makes this reference unique is that it is written by the
inventor of the product in easy to understand language. It includes important
and useful information on the evolution of the bearing isolator, including: how
and why it was invented; how it works; how and why contact seals fail in a short
period of time; how to eliminate catastrophic failure; how to reduce power
consumption in rotating equipment; costs; maintenance; configurations and much
more.
What is a Bearing Isolator
A bearing isolator is a non-contact,
non-wearing, permanent bearing protection device. It has a rotor and a stator,
and the two are unitized, so that they don’t separate from one another while in
use. Typically, the rotor turns with a rotating shaft, while the stator is
pressed into a bearing housing. The two components interact to keep
contamination out of the bearing enclosure and the lubricant
in.
Inpro/Seal protected bearings have been known to run 150,000 hours
(17 years) or more, eliminating the need for continual maintenance and repair.
Documented cases show that a plant can easily double the mean-time-between
failure (MTBF) and reduce maintenance costs by at least half, with users
reporting an extremely high ROI (Return On Investment). Bearing isolators are
installed by OEM’s, retrofitted on existing equipment or specified by end users.
Approximately 1.6 million have been installed and most are still in operation in
process plants around the world.
Inpro/Seal Products
Recent
developments include: the only product that protects rolling element bearings on
paper machines from the wet end to the dry end; IEEE-841 motors that use bearing
isolators as part of their specification and set the standard for motor bearing
protection; the VBX-H Series that protects machine tool spindle bearings from
coolant, chips, humidity and heat; the OM 32 that optimizes oil mist
applications by eliminating stray emissions, environmental and housekeeping
issues; and the Air Mizer™- PS, a dry sealing system provides a positive seal in
applications where dry particulates, powders and bulk solids are handled,
processed, packaged and stored.
About Inpro/Seal
Inpro/Seal Company is
the originator and the number one manufacturer of bearing isolators, used to
protect motor and pump bearings, machine tool spindles, turbines, fans, gear
boxes, paper machine rolls and many other types of rotating equipment.
Additional applications include the handling, processing, packing and storage of
dry particulates, powders and bulk solids.
As the recognized global
leader in bearing isolator technology, Inpro products are marketed to the
petroleum, refining, nuclear, power generation, metalworking, food processing,
grain processing, chemical, water, wastewater treatment, metalworking,
automotive, hydrocarbon processing, HVAC, pulp and paper, mining, mineral, ore
processing and general industrial markets around the world.
To receive a
copy of – “Introduction to Bearing Isolators”, contact: Inpro/Seal Company, P.O.
Box 3940, Rock Island, Illinois 61204. Phone numbers are: (800) 447-0524 or
(309) 787-4971. Fax number is: (309) 787-6114. Website: www.inpro-seal.com or www.bearingisolators.com
From:
The Mark Baker Company
4124 Quebec Avenue N
Minneapolis, MN 55427
Mark Baker
(763) 537-7540
For:
Inpro/Seal
Company
P.O. Box 3940
Rock Island, IL 61204
David C. Orlowski
(309)
787-4971
(800) 447-0524
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