The ZEN bearing brand is a German-owned, -engineered, and -operated company that produces many bearing types, including stainless steel Miniature, angular, flanged, locking-nut, etc. in imperial as well as metric sizes. ZEN bearings may be standard or custom, manufactured for the global aerospace, automotive, optical, hydroelectric, defense, and other industries for numerous applications. Global Bearing […]
A ball bearing is comprised of a number of friction-reducing hard balls that run in grooves in two concentric ring surfaces, which is mounted on a rotating shaft. Its primary purpose is to reduce the effect of the rotational friction generated by the rubbing action, so heat produced by the high-speed contact is lessened. Ball […]
Cars and trucks are the most common moving machine on the globe. They’re found everywhere, which makes them the ideal candidates to use as a case study for ball bearings. On top of the notion that automobiles are ubiquitous, they’re arguably the first mass of working parts you think of when envisaging something that depends […]
Friction is incurred when two separate parts make contact and slide against each other. The job of a ball bearing is to neutralize the friction generated by this rubbing action and therefore remove the heat produced by high-speed contact. In olden times, when a vendor was taking produce to market, he’d rub a little meat […]
It is one thing to describe the parts of a ball bearing and define how these components lock together, but it’s another altogether to open the door to the multitude of applications where these revolutionary friction-killers are found. It’s not that these are rare bearings. In fact, the issue is just the opposite. The trapped […]