Selecting the right shafts and chucks shouldn’t be a crapshoot.

By Tom Polischuk

A preventative maintenance program that inspects the dimensional integrity of the safety chucks and the shaft journal will protect a converter’s investment in these components. “If [the converter] will adhere to the tolerances of the roll shaft journal specification and the tolerance of the specifications for the seat of the safety chuck, he can have trouble free service for many years,” notes Banks.