If you have ever seen those thin rings dancing along a line shaft and wonder what they are or called?
They are line shaft wipers or commonly called mice as the scamper along the shaft.
The purpose as I understand it is to remove the chance of a catastrophic failure. Should a belt fall off a pulley and wrap around the line shaft one of two thing will happen the line shaft will get pulled down or the thing on the other end pulled up. The mice keep the shaft clean and polished, there for "fricton-less" or slippery and much less likely to grip the belt. As the oldtimer says "never put a shaft up unless it is polished".
I guess I have some work to do on mine! Rusty bugger.
Does anyone know what the wipers are made of? I have heard steel and copper. Copper sounds better to me. Also how big the hole is in relation to the shaft size, obviously bigger than the shaft and smaller than any fittings. How thick are they?
My line shaft is 1" Dia.
They are line shaft wipers or commonly called mice as the scamper along the shaft.
The purpose as I understand it is to remove the chance of a catastrophic failure. Should a belt fall off a pulley and wrap around the line shaft one of two thing will happen the line shaft will get pulled down or the thing on the other end pulled up. The mice keep the shaft clean and polished, there for "fricton-less" or slippery and much less likely to grip the belt. As the oldtimer says "never put a shaft up unless it is polished".
I guess I have some work to do on mine! Rusty bugger.
Does anyone know what the wipers are made of? I have heard steel and copper. Copper sounds better to me. Also how big the hole is in relation to the shaft size, obviously bigger than the shaft and smaller than any fittings. How thick are they?
My line shaft is 1" Dia.
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