The Timken Company has launched an expanded line of Set-Right Heavy Duty Hub Rebuild.
The Timken 454-Series of bearings incorporates a special design to accommodate the 2 inch offset loads found in many new axle designs. The company says hecombination of highly engineered raceway profiles and surface finishes provide optimal performance.
With the availability of the 454-Series Set-Right Hub Rebuild Kit, traditional Set-Right Kits and MileMate matched sets, Timken provides fleets with complete bearing options to serve all wheel-end configurations, including wide-singles and preset varieties. In addition, recent testing demonstrated that Timken’s tapered roller bearings deliver seven times the bearing life of their closest competitor in heavy-duty applications.
Timken has been expanding capacity at facilities that are important to its heavy-duty supply chain, as well as other industries, including a $50-million investment announced in its U.S.-based steel making capacity announced in 2010, and a $1.7-million investment earmarked this year for the company’s Lincolnton, N.C. bearing plant. “The capacity investments we are making paired with organizational changes made earlier this year have positioned us to continue growth and provide a higher level of service to the heavy-duty market,” says Tom Tecklenburg, Timken’s director of heavy-duty aftermarket business.
