What conditions void warranty?
High Speed Technologies is very proud of our warranty and we stand four square behind it. The caliber of our technicians and the quality of our test procedures give us confidence to make this stand. However, our warranty does not cover failures due to mishandling, improper use, lack of or improper lubrication, or contamination. Prior to shipping a spindle, HST runs-in each spindle and logs vibration analysis on one of our Vitec Analyzers. This information is part of the permanent record maintained in our data base. Each analyzer is certified. The calibration is traceable to NIST and compliant with MIL-STD 45662A. After run-in, each spindle is run to speed and analyzed for balance, noise, dynamic run-out and heat build-up. When we ship, we are certain that the spindle meets or exceeds OEM specification. In our FEQA program the spindle is dismantled and examined. Most often there are tell-tale indicators for the cause of failure. A few of the indicators in rolling element spindles includ