FREE Webinar in November - Roller Bearing Stress Analysis

This FREE webinar is sponsored by Napoleon Engineering Services. Please note: There is limited space, so spots are on a first come, first serve basis. If you register after the cut-off, you will be automatically signed up to receive a copy of the recording.

Topic: The Bridge between Inspection & Testing - A Cost Effective Solution to Roller Bearing Stress Analysis

Date/Time: Wednesday, November 06, 2013, 12-1 p.m. CST (note: Daylight Savings Time ends Sunday, November 03).

Presenters: Chris Napoleon, President & Chief Engineer and Colby Austin, Inspection & Testing Technical Business Manager, Napoleon Engineering Services

Overview: The opportunities associated with the global supply chain of rolling element bearing has OEM sourcing specialists and design engineers searching for the best practices to evaluate and qualify new bearing suppliers. Historical qualification procedures involving only field testing have given way to the addition of bearing inspection and a variety of lab tests to reduce qualification lead times, acceptance cost and product risk, but there is still an additional step. The incorporation of a basic stress analysis after bearing inspection and before product testing can provide a quick and low cost information to determine the net effect that manufacturing design and quality of workmanship have on contact stress. A basic analysis can be performed without complex modeling allowing the design engineer to determine if further dynamic testing is justifiable. This webinar will review the inspection characteristics needed to conduct a basic stress analysis. We'll then look at raceway and roller contact stress under different operating conditions and determine the influence that design or manufacturing quality have on contact stress. A stress analysis at this step can lead to supplier discussions about improved design and manufacturing quality, offsetting poor performance during dynamic life test validation.

Cost: FREE - Registration is required to join this event

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Nov. Webinars - Grease Selection for REB and Space Tribology Challenges

Grease Selection for Rolling Element Bearings  Date/Time: Thurs. Nov. 7, 2013, 12-1 p.m. CDT with additional time for Q&A from 1-1:30 p.m. 

Instructor: Dr. Paul Shiller, University of Akron

Overview: Due to their availability and ease of installation and maintenance, ball or roller bearings are widely used in a broad variety of machines and equipment. Consequently, design and maintenance personnel, as well as lubricant suppliers, are often confronted with need for some knowledge of their theory and application. Accordingly, this webinar will review the basic of grease selection from a basic evaluation to determine the best choice in viscosity and thickener to other applications consideration that need to be addressed. The webinar will then discuss some ideas of selecting grease based on current marketing literature. This webinar will cover: Why bearings fail, Why oil?, Oil or Grease?, Choosing an oil viscosity, choosing a base oil, choosing a thickener, other application considerations. And sifting through the marketing information. 

Cost: $39 for members; $59 for non-members

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Space Tribology Challenges On-Board the ISS  Date/Time: Thurs. Nov. 14, 2013, 12-1 p.m. CDT with additional time for Q&A from 1-1:30 p.m. 

Instructor: Dr. Christopher DellaCorte, NASA Glenn Research Center

Overview: The International Space Station provide a unique mircrogravity laboratory environment for research. The ISS also serves as an effective platform for the development of technologies and engineered solutions related to living and working in space. The space environment also challenges our capabilities related to lubrication and tribology.

In this webcast, Dr. DellaCorte will review the basics of space mechanism tribology and the challenges of providing good lubrication and long-life in the harsh space environment. He will also discuss recent tribological challenges associated with the Solar Alpha Rotary Joint (SARJ) bearings and life support hardware that must operate under severe conditions that are literally out of this world. Each tribology challenge is unique and their solutions often result in new technologies that benefit the tribology community everywhere, event back on earth. 

Cost: $39 for members; $59 for non-members

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Registration for all remaining webinars for 2013 are now open  * 12/4: Esters  * 12/5: Solvents & Cleaners in Industrial Applications