A Temper Adjustable Spacer is a precision ring designed to perform as a predictable, constant force element. It is fabricated from ductile, high-strength stainless alloys. The Constant Force Adjustable Spacer offers a small but repeatable amount of spring back when used, measured in thousandths of an inch over a wide tolerance of take-up range.
Utilizing the Temper Adjustable Spacer eliminates the need to measure and shim bearings, a time-consuming and expensive process. Coupled with its compressibility, the spacer provides a highly accurate bearings adjustment without making measurements. Once the compression rings are installed, manufacturers do not need to put shims in the spaces left by typical assembly methods.
The primarily stainless-steel rings help manufacturers install bearing assemblies in various products, from farm tractors to boat engines. They can be used to take up space that typical tolerance stack-ups may create.
ApplicationsOur spacers take up tolerance stacks where selective shimming is traditionally applied and set preload on bearings.
Applications for Temper Adjustable Spacers include but are not limited to the following:
A ring can be designed for your application as well.
Reduced assembly time, greater accuracy of bearing settings leading to increased bearing life and improved quality, larger tolerance absorbing range, elimination of overhead management for purchasing shims, elimination of large shim inventory and carrying cost
Adjustable spacers eliminate measuring and shimming and improve assembly fit
Constant force compression over a wide tolerance take-up range
Springback is constant from any adjusted height in the tolerance absorbing range.
Temper Constant Force Adjustable Spacers crush at a constant force over a wide range, meaning that as they are crushed axially, the load value is the same over a large axial displacement. Generally, a ring is designed to go over a shaft or into a housing. Once installed into the assembly, the ring is crushed, usually by torquing a nut on a shaft or installing a cap on a housing. By design, once the ring is installed, it is within its constant force zone. During the design phase, our engineers select this load to ensure the ring will not overload the assembly or crush further during operation.
Below is a force vs. deflection curve of an actual Temper Adjustable Spacer:
Temper Constant Force Adjustable Spacers have unique properties. They are compressed at a constant force (permanent adjustment) and can spring back a small, constant value.
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