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Boston Gear
Boston Gear is a division of Altra Industrial Motion and manufactures a wide selection of automation and power transmission components including enclosed gear drives, high precision planetary gearheads, open gearing, variable speed drives, clutches, bearings fluid power components and shaft accessories. Products from Boston Gear serve many markets including applications in the food and beverage industry, material handling, packing machinery and more.
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Company Info
- Website
- bostongear.com
- Phone
- 617-328-3300x888
- Fax
- 617-479-6238
- Address
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701 Carrier Drive
Charlotte, NC 28216
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in Ball Bearings
Boston Gear are manufacturers of unmounted, inch size ball bearings available in radial and thrust designs. Features include double sealed and double shielded grease packed bearings for greater versatility. Applications include flanged, banded, rope or wire, chains or belts, and flange mounted. Other types of bearings offered include plain sleeve, mounted, molded plastic, thrust, rod ends and sphericals, and linear type.
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in Conveyor Bearings
Boston Gear manufactures mounted bearings used in conveyor applications. Features of the bearings include: Zerk-type grease fittings, take-up frames, an extended inner race with two set screws, or an eccentric locking collar. These conveyor bearings also feature three housing styles: stamped steel, ductile iron, and cast iron.
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in Linear Bearings
Boston Gear offers four series of linear bearings - commercial, precision, open and instrument. The precision and open series are available in either steel or stainless steel and with or without an integral seal for operation in contaminated environments. Linear bearings are designed for use with shafting to provide smooth and guided linear travel. -
in Mounted Bearings
Boston Gear's mounted bearing line includes light, medium, and standard duty bearings with stamped steel, ductile iron, or cast iron housings. The bearings are used in conveyor, floor cleaning machine, commercial printing, packaging machinery, material handling, and storage system applications. The majority of bearings are available in 2-bolt to 4-bolt configurations.
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in Pillow Block Bearings
Boston Gear offers a large selection of mounted pillow blocks and flange units that include non-metallic inserts in a non-metallic base for washdown duty service, or eccentric locking collars in stamped steel, ductile iron, or cast iron housings. Features include synthetic lip-type seals with steel flingers. Other products offered include ball and linear bearings.
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in Plastic Bearings
Boston Gear stocks a wide selection of molded plastic bearings in four different materials: Nylon, Delrin, Nylatron and Teflon. Molded plastic bearings require no lubrication, increasing efficiency and reducing maintenance needs. They are resistant to moisture and chemicals and will not contaminate their surroundings. -
in Rod End Bearings
Boston Gear are producers of rod ends and spherical bearings for applications that use linkages where a bearing accommodates significant misalignment under heavy radial or thrust loads. Rod ends are available in both left and right hand designs, as well as in either male and female threads. Spherical bearings are mounted in a pre-designed housing. Self lubricating liners are available. Other products offered by Boston Gear include molded plastic, ball and thrust bearings.
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in Thrust Bearings
Boston Gear builds hardened steel and stainless steel thrust bearings for high load capacities.The thrust ball bearings are offered as ground & unbanded or unground & banded (600 series). The ground and unbanded line has the AO series that are hardened alloy steel and the SAO series that are hardened stainless steel. Hardened steel balls are maintained in a nylon cage to increase efficiency and durability while decreasing friction loss. The unground, banded series are of full ball type (v) without a retainer.