Thin section bearings are machine parts that are very vital for the performance of almost every contraption invented by man. They have changed with the time and needs, and today...
Let’s not beat around the bush, bearings won’t enjoy a long work life if their internal workings are contaminated. In all honesty, that’s one of the few weak points of...
Cylindrical roller bearings are designed with cylinders that are used as the rolling components contrary to the use of balls in ball bearings. Due to its innovative design, they can...
Integrated bearing assemblies group all required moving parts into one self-contained, precision-engineered component machine package. Each one of these devices is pre-assembled and pre-lubricated, so they’re classed as easy-to-replace system...
Drive couplings are expected to provide adequate power transmission efficiency. Well, the word “expected” doesn’t really do this challenging operation justice. There can be no backlash, no shaft deviation, and...
Different from ball bearings, cylindrically fashioned roller bearings are built to handle heavier loading effects. Basically, those tubular rolling elements are more capable of distributing force over a larger area....
Surely there’s already enough bearing fatiguing forces in play? Thrust forces pull at rolling elements while micro welds roughen point contact zones. Spalling races create noise and excessively high thermal...
If you’ve ever had to dig through your toolbox to fix something, you know just how many fittings there can be. At Global Bearing Imports P/L, we understand that it...
Classed as rolling contact devices, anti-friction bearings operate on a well-recognized principle. Their rolling elements are in contact with one another. Set in motion, the lubricated rollers power along, and...
Generally, the inner ring of a rotating bearing locks tightly against a shaft so that the two mechanical parts can spin as one. In order to accommodate this operation, massive...
Rolling elements, just like human beings, are expected to handle stress. Now, people do succeed in dealing with such pressures, at least to some degree or other. For bearings, it’s...
Here’s a tough mandate to solve. In an industrial setting, a set of bearings can be porous and packed with grease. Shifting this scenario so that the mountings are situated...
Far from straightforward, it’s not easy to track bearing damage. As one effective defect localizing solution, engineers use condition-based monitoring technology to monitor particular performance-biased subsets. Then, by applying some...
This post is intended as a guide to roller bearing overheating causes. One easy enough causative factor to spot would be a low lubrication level. There’s no oily film between...
Rolling point fatigue, as the term implies, occurs as a consequence of point contact stress. With these focal points rubbing together, material wear is inevitable. The hardness-to-malleability coefficient of the...
Equipment shafts, they can only go so fast. Beyond that point, the rolling elements on each shaft end start to cook. It seems like the laws of physics have something...
Appearing as pale hairline fissures, white etching marks emerge on bearing surfaces when application stress conditions exert heavy kinetic energies. The true material defect is hidden inside the alloy, so...
As detailed previously, bearing brinelling is an indentation effect that occurs when the elastic limits of a product’s race surfaces are surpassed. The balls push against the hard steel ring,...
Brinelling takes place on a bearing when its internal surfaces accumulate indentation damage. What causes the raceway dents? As with most mechanically caused problems, there are unmanageable mechanical stresses acting...
Idler pulleys are classed as non-drive rollers on a belt or chain impelled conveyor system. Now, without thinking about bearing features, we think about how unpowered idlers take up drivetrain...
Linear bearings, the term sounds somehow counterintuitive, are designed differently. The bearings don’t use the standard rings and races that most rolling elements inhabit. That’s because there’s no rotating shaft...
Ball bearings are what most folks think about when they imagine rolling elements. Sure, a proprietary roller type will handle a predetermined frictional load, but these elements aren’t exactly versatile....
Mechanical parts fall into one of a handful of categories. At one end of the component spectrum, larger-than-life parts provide accurate movement, but the design gurus focus on kinetic power,...
There’s a bearing family that’s equipped with different types of groove geometry. They look a little like overly complex pulleys, with their grooves curving inwards around their rims. Well-suited as...