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OPERATING TEMPERATURE?
Load & Stability
To determine the load each
Ball Unit will need to support

 
Which Media
Max Load

friction
Friction
% of Load
speed
Speed m/second
shock
Shock
Load

drains
Arduous
Conditions
orientation
Orientation


Instant
Change

High Capacity 46-4550 0.5 % 2

94-97 Series

90-93 & 98 Series

Z’ & ‘SS’
options
excellent
Medium
Duty
20-3500 2 % 1.5

MM - MN Series

MX Series

MW & ‘SS’ option
excellent
Light
Duty
7-250 3 % 1

LM series

‘SS’
options
excellent
Omniball 30 & 60 3 % 1 very good
Omnwheel 8 & 25 5 % 1 good
Omnifloat 18 & 22 6 % 1 good

Pitch & Spacing

 
    Also Consider:
  STABILITY
Support item on a minimum of three points
  shock SHOCK LOADS
Specify High Capacity series
& spring loaded units
  TRACK HARDNESS/CONVEYED
ITEM MATERIAL

Standard material ball units have Rockwell ‘C’ hardness of 60 minimum
  Delicate DELICATE SURFACES
Ball Units - Acetal (POM) & Phenolic Resin, Omniball, Omnifloat & Omniwheel options
  OPERATING ENVIRONMENT
Wet, Dirty, Outdoor, Radioactive
  serviceable SERVICE LIFE
User servicing & Service kits
available for most High Capacity units.
 
Material Options:
Standard Materials - High grade AISI 52100 chrome steel Balls & zinc plated carbon steel housing
  Standard Materials - Solve specific application requirements by upgrading materials - select option by adding suffix Corrosion
Resistance

Contaminated
Environment
Low ° C High ° C Radiation
Resistance
Delicate Surfaces
Stainless Steel Balls (AISI 440) Standard Materials - Stainless Steel Balls (AISI 440) but other materials as Standard good good good good good  
Stainless Steel (AISI440) internal parts & Balls Standard Materials - 'Arduous Conditions' Stainless Steel (AISI440) internal parts & Balls. "Anti-Oxide" finish to outer housing very good very good very good good good  
All parts Stainless Steel Standard Materials - All parts Stainless Steel - outer housing AISI 304. Internal parts & Balls AISI 440 excellent excellent excellent excellent excellent  
Phenolic Resin main ball  Standard Materials - Phenolic Resin main ball option available with 'Standard', 'Z'
(Arduous Conditions) & 'SS' (all Stainless Steel) material options
excellent
 

High capacity Ball Units - Material options & Corrosion Resistance
High
Low
Material types  1 = AISI 304  2 = AISI 302  3 = AISI 440  4 = AISI 1015 - special "Anti-Oxide" finish *  5 = AISI 1015 - zinc & trivalent passivation finish  6 = AISI 1070  7 = AISI 52100
Part 'SS' 'Z' 'A' Standard
Topcap 1 4 5 5
Casing 1 4 5 5
Retainer 1 1 7 7
Circlip 2 6 6 6
Balls 3 3 3 7
Table 3 3 7 7
*"anti-Oxide" finish with up to 330 hours ISO salt spray test resistance

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