The "father" of bearing isolation technology, he has spent the last 41 years working on ways to enhance and extend the service life of rotating equipment. Authored by Orlowski, who is well known throughout the process industries for his knowledge of bearings, bearing protection and tribology, DCO's Corner shares his insights and knowledge in this area. Putnam went on, "Another way we met this goal was through the addition of a regular feature called DCO's Corner in 2007. Part of the way we met this goal was through a very readable design, with fresh graphics and quick, easy to access navigation menus." In fact, it is a work-in-progress, as our goal is to maintain a Web site with information so useful and content so valuable that the reader will keep coming back on a regular basis. Putnam continued, "To the average reader, appears to be a complete Web site. We realized this "need for speed" and made it part of the foundation of our 2006 redesign." This is especially true when needs are time sensitive. Now, they use the Internet where they have instant access to information. When asked about Internet usage, Putnam replied, "It used to be that when information was needed, the end user would read a trade magazine, circle a bingo card number and wait for manufacturers literature to show up. They hired Jason Putnam, an experienced Webmaster who immediately went to work to redesign which was relaunched in 2006. At the same time, the company decided to tightly control all web content and bring all related activities in-house. With this as a background, the company invested heavily into an "educate and inform" marketing approach.
Whether they used bearing isolators or not, whether or not they knew about Inpro/Seal products, almost 70% of the respondents stated they wanted to know more about bearing protection. This research indicated that market-by-market, application-by-application, people wanted to know more about bearing protection and bearing isolation technology. Inpro/Seal conducted an extensive two-year research project that was completed in 2005. Just as the Internet grew in popularity, so did It remains the only Web site hosted and maintained by a manufacturer whose only product is bearing isolators. Today, the number of Web sites is estimated at over 177,000,000. In 2005, CNN reported that number had risen to over 100 million registered domain names. When was first operational in 1997, the Internet was in its early stages with less than 1 million Web sites, making it among industry's earliest Web sites.
Its closest competitor, the contact seal, carries an unpredictable service life with a 100 percent failure rate. Protected bearings have proven to run 150,000 hours (17 years) or more, eliminating the need for costly maintenance and repair. Comprised of a unitized rotor and stator that do not contact each other, it does not consume energy, never wears out and can be used over and over for many years.
Patented in 1977 (#4,022,479), the same year he founded Inpro/Seal Company, about 4 million Inpro/Seal branded bearing isolators are in operation in process plants around the world.Ī non-contacting labyrinth seal, the bearing isolator, for the first time, gave process plants the choice of permanent bearing protection and eliminated the need for continual maintenance. In his quest to find a permanent means to protect bearings while enhancing and extending the service life of rotating equipment, Orlowski developed the world’s first bearing isolator. It goes on to address the evolution of the bearing isolator and the growth of Inpro/Seal Company, the largest producer of bearing isolators in the world. Orlowski, inventor of the bearing isolator and president/CEO of Inpro/Seal Company, now appears on the company’s Web site, Conducted by a freelance journalist, the multi-part interview provides significant facts and information on bearing protection through the eyes of its inventor.
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