Poly-Round® Plus makes it easy to run mounted bearings grease-less and green

March 19, 2014 - PRLog -- EDT Corp, an industry leader in bearings for severe service environments, has announced a new edition of the popular Poly-Round® plane bearing insert. The new Poly-Round® Plus has a stainless pin on the outer diameter to facilitate drop-in installation into bearing housings without utilizing a set-screw as an anti-rotation device.

Poly-Round® bearings are self-aligning bearing inserts manufactured from a variety of polymer materials so they are suitable for various operating conditions. In applications where the environment contributes to premature failure of ball bearings, Poly-Round® bearings may be a good alternative because they operate with no grease, no seals or shields, are unaffected by washdown and do not rust.  On modular plastic- and wire- belt conveyors, EDT guarantees Poly-Round® bearings to run 12 months without maintenance. The payback is increased UP-time, elimination of process contamination, and superior ROI.

The ‘Plus’ pin of Poly-Round® Plus bearings eliminates the necessity of drilling and tapping a hole through a housing to assure the bearing insert can align but not rotate. EDT Solution® bearing housings are designed with the appropriate hole, but customers have found it to be time-consuming to modify housings already in use. When plants have already made a significant investment in stainless bearing housings that otherwise meet their requirements, it is economical and efficient to reuse these without modification.

About EDT Corp

EDT Corp is an American bearing manufacturer located in Vancouver WA. EDT specializes in bearings for severe service environments, particularly where product contamination or high levels of sanitation are critical. Locations subjected to high or low temperatures, wash-down, process moisture, frequent start-stop or incomplete rotation, process contamination, or locations that are difficult or impossible to regularly maintain.  EDT’s Solution® bearings, Radial Poly-Round® bearings, Poly-Round® and Poly-Sphere® inserts, The Glove®2 360° bearing protection, QuiKlean® integrated stand-off and KleanCap™ screw are all products well-suited to extreme operating conditions. EDT Corp’s complete catalog, and cost savings illustrations, can be found online at http://www.edtcorp.com.