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Welcome to the Video Learning Center

Our new Video Learning Center, brought to you by TriStar’s Technical Director Dave Biering and, Director of Technology Frank Hild explore current topics in bearing design, bonding plastics, surface modification and more.

Select a topic below to watch the video. And remember – check back often as we will be adding more topics to the Video Learning Center.

TriStar Video Seminars Engineering Custom Fabrication Rulon Materials Surface Modification Quadrant Ask the Experts

TriStar Video

The TriStar Advantage

Host: Garry Gillis
Running Time: 4:59

CJ Bearings Overview

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 1:17

Ultracomp Overview

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 1:17

Rulon Overview

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 1:14

Custom Components Overview

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 1:29

Surface Modification Overview

Host: Frank Hild
Running Time: 1:37

TriSteel Overview

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 1:22

Rulon Plane Bearings Overview

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 1:33

Seminars

Plane Bearing Seminar

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 33:59

Rulon Seminar

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 10:01

Plastics Technology 101 Seminar

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 49:50

High Performance Grade Plastics

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 36:06

Plasma 101

Host: Frank Hild
Running Time: 23.25

Designing PTFE Seals

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 35:45

Composite Bearings Seminar

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 35:12

Fluoropolymers

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 29:02

Engineering

Determining PV

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 5:33

Thermal Expansion in Bearing Design

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 4:46

Coefficient of Friction

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 5:36

Custom Fabrication

Bonding Plastics

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 2:59

Fabricated Parts

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 4:11

Which process do I use - Injection molding or machining?

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 7:02

Rulon

How to Bond Rulon

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 10:37

Rulon Seminar

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 10:01

Rulon for Food, Pharmaceutical and Medical Design

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 8:12

Which Rulon do I use?

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 7:07

Materials

High Performance Materials

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 5:46

Medical Grade Plastics

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 6:35

S elf-Lubricating Bearings

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 6:52

Surface Finish of Materials

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 7:41

Plastics Technology 101 Seminar

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 49:50

Treatment of Medical Grade Plastics

Host: Dave Biering and Frank Hild
Running Time: 10:13

Plane Bearings for Wet Environments

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 5:38

Extreme Polymers for Extreme Applications

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 7:33

Plastic Bearings for Abrasive Environments

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 7:10

Plastics for Food Processing and Packaging

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 6:17

Corrosion Resistant Treatments for Metals

Host: Frank Hild
Running Time: 2:08

Fluoropolymers

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 29:02

Surface Modification

Plasma 101

Host: Frank Hild
Running Time: 23.25

Treatment of Medical Grade Plastics

Host: Dave Biering and Frank Hild
Running Time: 10:13

Paralyene

Host: Frank Hild
Running Time: 9:35

Wetting Plastics for Ink and Paint Adhesion

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 4:19

Analytical Services

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 8:02

Hydrophobic Treatments of Foam

Host: Frank Hild
Running Time: 3:17

Quadrant

TriStar-Quadrant Introduction

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 1:55

Torlon

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 27:33

Ertalyte TX

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 18:23

Ketron PEEK

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 31:13

Fluourosint PTFE

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 23:23

TIVAR H.O.T.

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 18:07

Techtron

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 18:49

Ask the Expert

High load bearing applications

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 4:52

How do self-lubricating bearings work?

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 4:22

Machining UHMW-techniques and guidelines

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 3:43

Which Rulon Bearing do I have?

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 3:15

Measuring Surface Finish

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 3:34

Saltwater bearing applications.

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 4:26

Surface finish guidelines

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 5:15

Thermal expansion and contraction

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 3:05

Tri Steel Bearings - Liner types

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 4:00

Are there seal materials that will withstand 600 degrees?

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 5:07

Can plasma be used to improve glass coatings?

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 4:23

Can you treat insulating foam to be more efficient?

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 4:07

Decoding Rulon and what questions to ask customers

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 5:11

Do you offer post-treatment processes?

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 3:31

How to improve seal life

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 4:19

Is there a single bearing material that can be used everywhere?

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 5:16

what material will eliminate corrosion?

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 5:59

Can we change to composites?

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 3:54

What issues should we be alert to in our bearing design?

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 4:29

What does PV really mean?

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 5:02

The difference between vacuum plasma and corona etching

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 4:14

What is the TriStar Advantage?

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 5:08

What material can we use for a shiv on a davit crane application?

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 4:22

Which material for small construction equipment?

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 5:23

How to bond and use Rulon 142

Host: Dave Biering
Running Time: 8:34