RBIConnections

A Monthly Communication From
RBI Bearing, Inc.

Volume V--lllIssue 6

June 2007
RBI Announces Latin America Sales Manager

Luiz Fleury has recently joined RBI Bearing USA as Latin America Sales Manager responsible for developing new business in Latin America and Mexico. He will be based in our Roselle sales office.

Fluent in Portuguese and Spanish. Luiz brings a strong South American sales and marketing background to RBI from such companies as Singer Ltd., Black & Decker, Stanley Fastening Systems and Teledyne Energy Systems.

We have also developed new RBI marketing material in Portuguese and Spanish to support our new business development efforts in this market. Luiz can be contacted by email, direct voice at (630) 376-0601 or toll free in the U.S. at 800 708-2128.


RBI Appoints Eastern U.S. Representative

RBI Bearing USA has appointed Kamco Industrial Sales, Inc. to represent the company in New Jersey, Maryland, Washington D.C., northern Virginia and eastern Pennsylvania.

Kamco was formed in 1988 by Ken Morrison after spending 9 years with the Power Transmission division of Dressor Industries. Bill Stumpo, Del Egbert and Sam Beam have since joined the company and each has an average of 30 years experience in the PT industry.

Kamco is located in Valley Forge, PA and can be contacted at 610 783-5100 (voice) or 610 783-5157 (Fax). We're excited to welcome Kamco to the RBI family!

RBI Monthly Prize Package Giveaway!

   

MAY 2007 WINNER
Van Simms
Kaman Industrial Technologies
Lakeland FL

China Update

A monthly look at recent events in China
Click the title to read the story

China's children too busy to play
A model stands next to a Bentley GTC at the Qingdao International Auto Show in Qingdao, East China's Shandong Province, May18, 2007.
China to launch lunar orbiter
Man fined $78,000 for having second baby
Bentley dazzles China

RBI Milestones
Anniversary
Mike Mortensen - Roselle
3 Years
Gloria Liang - Monrovia
13 Years
Birthday
Rudy Bisante - Toronto
June 6
Luiz Fleury - Roselle
June 13
Tony Longo - Roselle
June 23

Technical Corner

What insert bearings does RBI make?
by Mike Mortensen - Director of Engineering RBI-US
A

RBI offers a variety of insert bearings. The two types of mounting designs that RBI insert bearings use set screw mounting and eccentric locking collar mounting. The two types of outer ring designs are spherical and cylindrical. Spherical outer rings can be easily assembled with RBI housings. SER series bearings differ from the other series in that they come with snap rings. Table 1 shows the differences between the different RBI insert bearing series.

Table 1 . RBI Insert Bearing series.

Series

Outer Ring

Mounting Method

Sealing Configuration

SA

Spherical

Eccentric Locking Collar

Trash Guard Seal

CSA

Cylindrical

Eccentric Locking Collar

Trash Guard Seal

HC

Spherical

Eccentric Locking Collar

Slinger + Rubber Seals

CHC

Cylindrical

Eccentric Locking Collar

Slinger + Rubber Seals

SB

Spherical

Set Screw

Trash Guard Seal

CSB

Cylindrical

Set Screw

Trash Guard Seal

UC

Spherical

Set Screw

Slinger + Rubber Seals

CUC

Cylindrical

Set Screw

Slinger + Rubber Seals

UCX

Spherical

Set Screw

Slinger + Rubber Seals

SER

Cylindrical

Set Screw

Slinger + Rubber Seals

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Final Word

Sandstorm

A carriage is seen on a road during a sandstorm in Hetian,
Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, May 8, 2007.
The sandstorm reduced the visibility less than 150 feet.


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