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The application of this type of locknut is used in angular contact bearing arrangements that are back to back. When the nut is correctly secured, the preload is set. For the rebuilders of spindles, they usually apply the specification of clamping force from the machine...
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JJPelin
The table shown earlier in this thread is typical of torque range values that you would use with a tab washer application. In cases where a specific torque is used, locknut designs such as the SKF "KMTA" or Whittet-Higgins locknuts are used. These are common in high speed...
The clamping force of a locknut can vary widely based on the shaft and locknut thread condition and lubrication applied. Back in the mid 80s the railways brought a problem
of fretting wear on the radius from the bearing seat diameter up to the wheel seat diameter to the bearing manufacturers. At...
