Bearing component masking unit
AssigneeEmerson Power Transmission Manufacturing, L.P.
InventorsEd Paver, Adam M. Theros, Tim Ross
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Abstract
A housing having an inner surface and having a bottom end, a bearing component positioned within the housing above the bottom end of the housing, a first seal positioned within the housing between the bottom end of the housing and the bearing component, the first seal sized to provide a seal against the inner surface of the housing and to cover the a first sidewall surface of the bearing component, a top end of the housing positioned opposite the bottom end, a second seal positioned within the housing between the bearing component and the top end of the housing, the second seal sized to provide a seal against the inner surface of the housing and to cover a second sidewall surface of the bearing component during a coating operation.
Claims2
A method of coating selected portions of a bearing component, comprising the steps of:
- positioning a first bearing component within a housing, the housing having a bottom end and having a first seal between the bottom end of the housing and the bearing component;
- the first seal sized to provide a seal against an inner surface of the housing and covering a first sidewall of the first bearing component;
- positioning a second seal above a second sidewall of the bearing component, the second seal sized to provide a seal against an inner surface of the housing and covering the second sidewall of the first bearing component;
- compressing the seals such that the first and second sidewalls and an outer surface of the bearing component are sealed from an inner portion of the housing;
- applying a coating to an inner surface of the bearing component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.