E-Z Kleen
Polymer and stainless steel housed mounted bearings

Housings

Our goal at Dodge is to create the world’s most successful customer. We do that by listening and responding to our customers’ needs. Customers in the food and beverage processing industry told us they needed new and improved products that help make their industry safer – products that help in the fight against contamination from bacteria such as E. coli, salmonella, and staphylococcus aureus. Dodge delivered by expanding our high performance E-Z Kleen line with this new, improved generation of E-Z Kleen engineered polymer housed ball and sleeve bearings and stainless steel housed ball bearings.

Hydro Armor sealing system
For over 125 years, the Dodge brand has been synonymous with the best the industry has to offer. Bearing users in the food and beverage industry
recognize that with Dodge they have access to the best selection of the highest quality mounted ball bearings available in the market. The E-Z Kleen and Ultra Kleen bearings for the food and beverage industry offer an array of features that provide extended life in these challenging conditions. Dodge has the only bearings in the industry to offer a patented triple-lip seal with a rubberized flinger, the Hydro Armor sealing system. These units also include an exclusive ball retainer, the Maxlife cage which helps retain lubrication and prevents washout in wet environments. The Hydro Armor seal consists of two
patented features that are unique to Dodge bearings and are standard on the E-Z Kleen and Ultra Kleen product.

Triple-lip seal
• Patented design
• Mechanically retained seal with two contact points on the inner ring and one that rides against flinger surface
• Three points of contact guard against contamination and keep in lubricants
• Maximizes sealing with minimal increase in drag compared to a single lip design

Rubberized flinger
• Industry’s first and only patented design
• Molded rubber provides additional protection from contaminants entering the bearing
• Baffle design of the rubber on the external surface of the flinger enhances the removal of liquid as it rotates
• Extended rubber baffle outer diameter increases centrifugal acceleration to discard moisture and contamination away from bearing
• Grease chambers on the internal surface prevent lubricants from exiting the bearing
• Superior design increases service life in dirty environments thus leading to extended uptime

Corrosion-resistant ball bearing inserts
• New Hydro Armor sealing system with stainless triple lip seal and internal rubberized flinge
• Corrosion-resistant inner and outer ring
• Stainless steel balls and lube fitting
• Stainless steel set screws (SC) and stainless steel capscrew (D-Lok)
• 100% Filled with H1, food grade grease
• Relubricable
• Anti-rotation pin
• Patented Maxlife cage extends grease life
• Offered in inch and metric sizes
• Temperature range -20° to +225 °F

Corrosion resistant coating
The E-Z Kleen ball bearing uses a patented, corrosion resistant coating that is superior to any coated product in the market.
• Hydro Armor sealing system
• Maxlife cage
• Corrosion resistant insert has a patented nickel alloy Teflon™ composite coating
• Available in polymer and stainless housings The E-Z Kleen corrosion resistant (CR) insert out performs other coatings on the market today such as black oxide, zinc and thin dense chrome (TDC). Tests have shown that the Dodge CR insert exhibited 300% longer bearing life than a typical TDC coated insert. The CR insert load capacity is not de-rated as compared to stainless inserts.
• 24 hour salt fog test results
• E-Z Kleen corrosion resistant insert – no corrosion after testing

Adapter mount (Grip Tight)
• Dodge-only patented thin wall adapter mount
• Push/pull adapter mount system provides easy on/easy off installation and removal
• Built-in bearing puller reduces the time associated with removing bearings from shaft
• Interchangeable adapters reduce inventory

Full contact on shaft for better grip, less vibration. Set screw locking can distort the inner ring and cause system-induced vibration. But with the Grip-Tight adapter, the adapter attaches itself to the shaft for full concentric contact – 360° through the length of the bearing. E-Z Kleen and Grip-Tight use stainless steel adapter sleeve and nut and provides easy-on and easy-off installation and removal.

Maxlife cage
The Maxlife cage is the product of extensive research and development in retainer technology and industry leading engineering.
• Two-piece design that creates a grease compartment around each of the rolling elements
• Compartments provide constant contact between balls and grease so an oil film will always exist to prevent wear and minimize friction and heat
• Relative motion between the components and the grease is reduced which results in lower operating temperatures and extended life
• Compartmental construction of the cage holds in the grease and prevents it from being washed out in extremely wet conditions
• Exclusive design extends life with less frequency of re-lubrication than standard designs
• Included in both E-Z Kleen and Ultra Kleen products

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