Skip to main content
Main Menu
  • Applications
    Back
    Applications
    • Your Industry
      Back
      Your Industry
      • Automotive
        Back
        Automotive
        • Exterior
        • Interior
        • Chassis
          Back
          Chassis
          • Anti-Theft
          • Pulley Mount
          • Steering Yoke
        • Powertrain
          Back
          Powertrain
          • Throttle Body Motor Mount
      • Bicycle & Scooter
        Back
        Bicycle & Scooter
        • Bicycle
        • eScooter
      • Robotics & Automation
      • Industrial
      • Others
        Back
        Others
        • Residential HVAC
        • Solar
    • Solutions
      Back
      Solutions
      • NORGLIDE®
        Back
        NORGLIDE®
        • NORGLIDE® Bearings and bushings
        • Why NORGLIDE® Bearings and bushings?
        • NORGLIDE® Metal Backed Bearings
        • NORGLIDE® Plain Composite – INTERLAYER – Bearings
        • NORGLIDE® Metaloplast
        • NORGLIDE® Compound-Tape
        • How to Assemble NORGLIDE® Bushings
      • RENCOL®
        Back
        RENCOL®
        • What is a Tolerance Ring?
        • How does a Tolerance Ring work?
        • How are RENCOL® Tolerance Rings designed?
        • Tolerance Ring Types
        • How to Assemble a Tolerance Ring
        • Tolerance Ring Materials
      • SPRINGLIDE™
      • Capabilities
        Back
        Capabilities
        • Testing Services
        • Hackathon's
        • Custom-made Components
        • Semi - Anechoic Chamber
        • Tech Days
    • About us
    • Media Center
      Back
      Media Center
      • Resource Library
      • Blog
        Back
        Blog
      • Contact Us
      world SAINT-GOBAIN
      Logo Saint-Gobain MAKING A BIG DIFFERENCE
      • Applications
      • Your Industry
        • Automotive
          • Exterior
          • Interior
          • Chassis
            • Anti-Theft
            • Pulley Mount
            • Steering Yoke
          • Powertrain
            • Throttle Body Motor Mount
        • Bicycle & Scooter
          • Bicycle
          • eScooter
        • Robotics & Automation
        • Industrial
        • Others
          • Residential HVAC
          • Solar
      • Solutions
        • NORGLIDE® Bearings
          • NORGLIDE® Bearings and bushings
          • Why NORGLIDE® Bearings and bushings?
          • NORGLIDE® Metal Backed Bearings
          • NORGLIDE® Plain Composite – INTERLAYER – Bearings
          • NORGLIDE® Metaloplast
          • NORGLIDE® Compound-Tape
          • How to Assemble NORGLIDE® Bushings
        • RENCOL® Tolerance Rings
          • What is a Tolerance Ring?
          • How does a Tolerance Ring work?
          • How are RENCOL® Tolerance Rings designed?
          • Tolerance Ring Types
          • How to Assemble a Tolerance Ring
          • Tolerance Ring Materials
        • SPRINGLIDE™ Energised Bearings
        • Capabilities
          • Testing Services
          • Hackathon's
          • Custom-made Components
          • Tech Days
          • Semi - Anechoic Chamber
      • About us
      • Media Center
        • Resource Library
        • Blog
      • Contact Us

      You are here

      1. Home
      2. Solutions
      3. RENCOL®
      4. How to Assemble a Tolerance Ring

      RENCOL®

      RENCOL®  

      What is a Tolerance Ring?

      How does a Tolerance Ring work?

      How are RENCOL® Tolerance Rings designed?

      RENCOL® Tolerance Ring Types

      How to Assemble a Tolerance Ring

      Tolerance Ring Material

      • Return to Solutions

      CONTACT US

       

      How to Assemble a Tolerance Ring

      Tolerance rings are great for quick assembly. There are a few points that need to be thought about, so that the process is seamless. Each type of ring (SV and HV) have a slightly different way of assembling:

       

      Assembly for both SV and HV style tolerance rings

      Our video demonstrates how to assemble both a SV and HV tolerance ring. Alternatively, this page gives an overview of each step with visuals.

      Your browser does not support the video tag.

       

      SV style assemblySV Tolerance Ring

      The SV style tolerance ring is normally closed in the free state so that when installed onto a shaft, the ring will conform to that shaft and be self-retaining. The ring sits on the shaft with corrugations on the outside to be compressed by the inner diameter of the mating bore.

       

       

      1. Open the free ends of the tolerance ring and place over the shaft. Care should be taken to ensure that the ring nests squarely on the shaft.

      If there is no shoulder on shaft, it will be necessary to use a temporary assembly back stop to prevent the tolerance ring from sliding out of position when the housing bore is pressed onto the shaft/tolerance ring assembly.

      2. Place the shaft and ring assembly along with the housing component into an assembly press fixture. A fixture is necessary to ensure that the inner component and bore are held concentric and square to one another.

      3. Apply a uniform and consistent force using an arbor press or hydraulic cylinder to fully seat the housing component onto the tolerance ring.

      Following removal of any temporary backstop assembly aid.

      SV Tolerance Ring Assembly
             SV Tolerance Ring Assembly Step 1
             SV Tolerance Ring Assembly  Step 2
             SV Tolerance Ring Assembly Step 3-1
       
                 SV Tolerance Ring Assembly Step 3-2

       

      HV style assemblyHV Tolerance Ring

      The HV style tolerance ring is open in the free state so that when installed inside a bore, the ring will conform to that bore and be self-retaining. The ring sits in the housing with corrugations on the inside to be compressed by the outer diameter of the mating part.

       

       

      1. Insert the ring by carefully squeezing the free ends together and placing it into a bore. Care should be taken to ensure that the ring nests squarely in the housing bore.

      If there is no shoulder in the housing bore, it will be necessary to use a backing plate behind the ring to prevent it from sliding out of position when the inner component (such as a shaft or bearing) is inserted.

      2. Place the housing and ring assembly along with the inner component into an assembly press fixture. A fixture is necessary to ensure that the inner component and bore are held concentric and square to one another.

      3. Apply a uniform and consistent force using an arbor press or hydraulic cylinder to fully seat the inner component into the bore. If required, a fixture can be used for improved concentricity.

       

       

      HV Tolerance Ring Assembly
             
             HV Tolerance Ring Assembly  Step 2
                 HV Tolerance Ring Assembly Step 3

       

       

      Need help with your assembly?

      Once the assembly system is set up, tolerance rings can offer big benefits in process efficiency over other ways of assembling. However, if you have never used tolerance rings before, it is often a good idea to talk to us about how to assemble them on your line and we can provide some specific help with assembling tolerance rings. We can work with you to make sure that you get the most out of the tolerance rings when assembling, including helping design jigs, giving advice on the assembly method and we can even visit your site to help. Contact us and we’d be happy to help.

      About Saint-Gobain

      Saint-Gobain designs, manufactures and distributes materials and solutions which are key ingredients in the wellbeing of each of us and the future of all. They can be found everywhere in our living places and our daily life: in buildings, transportation, infrastructure and in so many industrial applications.

       

      Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics' group of businesses gather solutions to save energy, provide protection, improve comfort and sustain the environment for a variety of markets.

                               MENU

      Applications
      Your Industry
      Solutions
      About us
        
      Media Center
      Site Map
      Imprint/Legal
      Privacy Policy
      CATSCA

      2015 UK Modern Slavery Act

       

       

       

       

      FOLLOW US

       
      •  
      • Linked In, Saint-Gobain NORGLIDE & RENCOL
      • YouTube, Saint-Gobain NORGLIDE & RENCOL

       

       CONTACT US

      Copyright 2023 Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Pampus GmbH. All rights reserved.