Any new product able to manage friction has the potential to generate huge energy savings and lengthen the life of locomotives, freight cars and tracks. The TracGlide system is just such a product. This process includes cleaning and inspecting the bearing, fitting them with new parts if needed, requalify and reassembly. In all cases, stringent inspection is done to assure the appropriate reconditioning specifications, whether AAR or customer, are followed. We can modify the Hyatt journal box housing to accept a Timken Class GG bearing.
Assembly is easier with the Class GG bearing and maintenance costs are reduced.
Bearing Reconditioning Rail Bearing Service has requalified and returned more than six million rail bearings. This experience is now being applied to Hyatt cylindrical bearing locomotive journal boxes. We can either repair or return Hyatt units provided by the customer or they can be exchanged for reconditioned units. More than 28,000 motor suspension units are operating successfully on Timken tapered roller bearings. This procedure offers the potential safe and convenient salvage of grooved axles at a significant cost savings.