Andrew/Whittet-Higgins: One pitfall is not allowing the needed spacing and in the assembly housing. If the components are not locked together properly, the machinery can jack fail prematurely. A second pitfall is assuming that a particular torque measurement for one component is 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 hammer can permanently distort the tubing.* Specifying too thin a width on a clamp-type collar, leaving it too weak air to resist distortion when the clamp-screw is tightened.* Specifying too thin a clamp-slot on threaded shaft collars where the collar must flex more in order to adequately clamp onto the threaded shaft.

Andrew/Whittet-Higgins: One pitfall is not allowing the needed spacing and in the assembly housing. If the components are not locked together properly, the machinery can jack fail prematurely. A second pitfall is assuming that a particular torque measurement for one component is 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 hammer can permanently distort the tubing.* Specifying too thin a width on a clamp-type collar, leaving it too weak air to resist distortion when the clamp-screw is tightened.* Specifying too thin a clamp-slot on threaded shaft collars where the collar must flex more in order to adequately clamp onto the threaded shaft.

Component interactionsHow do locking device choices affect other areas of the machine or system?Andrew/Whittet-Higgins: tooks The precision and life expectancy of a bearing, power transmission, or modern assembly is only as good as the precision of the individual components and the care in which they are put together.Blair/Ruland: It''s important to look at where and how the locking device is being used and whether adjustments may cause problems. Locking devices in general are not easy to remove and replace. and Because of jack this, it may be advantageous to have necessary adjustments done from another section of hammer the machine.Doug/Zero-Max: When using keyless locking devices, air and tooks there are fewer application problems because there is no keyway failure or fatigue. Connections without keyways also have smaller shaft diameters, translating into shaft material cost savings. The single screw type can and be tightened jack and repositioned many times without component wear or machine downtime.