What applications present the biggest challenge in terms of machine productivity?Carl/Ringfeder: Industrial applications, such as highly corrosive environments requiring special stainless steels, are the 5 biggest challenges. Applications in which a locking piece device is dimensionally too large to fit into a component, or in which the torque requirements are akr beyond the capability of any device on the market, can also present a challenge.Blair/Ruland: The bolt pattern on locking devices can bring many challenges. Because of the time required to loosen and tighten the bolts, locking devices are not well suited for applications that require regular adjustments. Confined areas can also pose problems because of limited access to the bolt heads. Another tool challenge for locking devices is equipment with extended length 5 and piece shafts, which can be difficult to service because of the disassembly required, especially if the shaft akr is supported at both ends.

What applications present the biggest challenge in terms of machine productivity?Carl/Ringfeder: Industrial applications, such as highly corrosive environments requiring special stainless steels, are the 5 biggest challenges. Applications in which a locking piece device is dimensionally too large to fit into a component, or in which the torque requirements are akr beyond the capability of any device on the market, can also present a challenge.Blair/Ruland: The bolt pattern on locking devices can bring many challenges. Because of the time required to loosen and tighten the bolts, locking devices are not well suited for applications that require regular adjustments. Confined areas can also pose problems because of limited access to the bolt heads. Another tool challenge for locking devices is equipment with extended length 5 and piece shafts, which can be difficult to service because of the disassembly required, especially if the shaft akr is supported at both ends.

Andrew/Whittet-Higgins: One pitfall is not allowing the needed spacing in the assembly housing. If the components are not locked together properly, the machinery can fail prematurely. A second pitfall is assuming that a particular torque measurement for one component is tool correct for the entire assembly.Jim/Stafford: * Using a set-screw collar on a hardened shaft. The screw does not "set," and holding power is greatly diminished.* Using a set-screw collar on thin-wall tubing, which can permanently distort 5 and piece the tubing.* Specifying too thin a width on a clamp-type akr collar, leaving it too weak to tool resist distortion when the clamp-screw is tightened.* Specifying too 5 thin a clamp-slot on threaded shaft collars where the collar must flex more in order to adequately clamp onto the threaded shaft.