Transport packaging for an annular bearing part, packaging unit having the same and method for packaging an annular bearing part

Abstract

Transport packaging for receiving at least one annular bearing part, the transport packaging including a base, at least one wall and a plurality of bars for supporting the annular bearing part on the base and a plurality of plastically deformable blocks associated with the plurality of bars and configured to deform under the influence of the annular bearing part and form an interference fit with the annular bearing part to fix the annular bearing part against sliding movement parallel to the base.

1 . Transport packaging for receiving at least one annular bearing part, the transport packaging including a base, at least one wall and a plurality of bars for supporting the annular bearing part on the base and a plurality of plastically deformable blocks associated with the plurality of bars and configured to deform under the influence of the annular bearing part and form an interference fit with the annular bearing part to fix the annular bearing part against movement parallel to the base. 
     
     
         2 . The transport packaging according to  claim 1 , wherein the blocks are fixed relative to the base by the bars. 
     
     
         3 . The transport packaging according to  claim 1 , wherein a top surface of one of the blocks is spaced a greater distance from the base than a top surface of the bars. 
     
     
         4 . The transport packaging according to  claim 1 , wherein the blocks are manufactured from a hard foam material. 
     
     
         5 . The transport packaging according to  claim 1 , wherein the blocks are manufactured from polyurethane foam. 
     
     
         6 . The transport packaging according to  claim 1 , wherein the blocks are encased in a film. 
     
     
         7 . The transport packaging according to  claim 1 , wherein the blocks are encased in a polyethylene film. 
     
     
         8 . The transport packaging according to  claim 1 , wherein the bars include an overlay made from a soft material. 
     
     
         9 . A packaging unit including the transport packaging according to  claim 1  and an annular bearing part plastically molded into the blocks. 
     
     
         10 . A method for packaging an annular bearing part, wherein the annular bearing part is lowered into a transport packaging until it rests on a plurality of bars and during the lowering is plastically molded into a plurality of blocks of the transport packaging and is thereby fixed in an interference-fit manner transverse to the direction of lowering. 
     
     
         11 . The method according to  claim 10 , wherein the blocks are deformed in the radial region of the annular bearing part and retain their shape radially inside and radially outside the annular bearing part. 
     
     
         12 . The method according to  claim 10 , wherein the blocks are deformed by the weight of the annular bearing part. 
     
     
         13 . The method according to  claim 10 , including removing the annular bearing part, replacing the plurality of blocks with another plurality of blocks without replacing the plurality of bars and lowering another annular bearing part into the transport packaging until it rests on the plurality of bars and is plastically molded into the another plurality of blocks. 
     
     
         14 . The transport packaging according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the blocks are fixed relative to the base by the bars;   wherein a top surface of the blocks is spaced a greater distance from the base than a top surface of the bars,   wherein the blocks are manufactured from a polyurethane foam encased in a polyurethane film, and   wherein the bars include an overlay made from a soft material.   
     
     
         15 . Transport packaging for receiving at least one annular bearing part, the transport packaging comprising:
 a base;   at least one wall extending from the base;   at least one bar mounted on the base at the at least one wall, the at least one bar having a first height relative to the base and being configured to support the annular bearing part on the base; and   at least one hard foam block releasably held in position relative to the at least one wall by the at least one bar, the at least one hard foam block having a second height relative to the base greater than the first height, the at least one hard foam block being configured to irreversibly deform under a weight of the at least one annular bearing part such that the at least one bearing part comes to rest on the at least one bar when placed on the at least one hard foam block while being retained by the at least one hard foam block in a direction parallel to the base.   
     
     
         16 . The transport packaging according to  claim 15 , wherein the at least one bar comprises pairs of bars separated by a space, and wherein the at least one hard foam block comprises one of the at least one hard foam block between the bars of each of the pairs of bars. 
     
     
         17 . The transport packaging according to  claim 16 , wherein each of the at least one hard foam block is coated with a film. 
     
     
         18 . A packaging unit comprising the transport packaging according to  claim 15  and the at least one annular bearing part, the at least one annular bearing part being supported on the base by the at least one bar in a channel formed in the at least one block, wherein the annular bearing part forms an interference fit with the channel. 
     
     
         19 . A packaging method comprising:
 providing the transport packaging according to  claim 15 ;   placing the annular bearing part onto a top surface of the at least one block; and   allowing the annular bearing part to sink into the at least one block until it comes to rest on a top surface of the at least one bar.   
     
     
         20 . A packaging method comprising:
 providing the transport packaging according to  claim 15 ;   placing the annular bearing part onto a top surface of the at least one block; and   pressing the annular bearing part into the at least one block until it comes to rest on a top surface of the at least one bar.