Non-Standard or Specialised Ball Bearings
September 26, 2016Many distinctive engineering applications require non-standard or specialised ball bearings to solve unique issues. These devices function as efficiently as their commonplace cousins, but they serve in uncommon situations. Unusually sized drive shafts with proprietary keyways represent a not so typical example of this practice, as do obsolete standards that didn’t find universal adoption. Whatever […]
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What are Pillow Block Bearings?
September 19, 2016Pillow block bearings merge the familiar rounded profile of a standard bearing into the metal block of a pedestal to form a unified whole. The resulting outline is flat on the bottom and round on top, so it can be mounted to a fixed flat surface while the round aperture remains clear and ready for […]
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Double Row Self Aligning Bearings: Definition and Common Uses
August 30, 2016Deductive reasoning is a handy skill set to have on tap, for the logical side of the brain can quickly intuit how double row self-aligning bearings will look just from reading the label. That spark of logical deliberation can infer from the label, and rightly so, that there are two rows of balls skating around […]
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Why Do Metal Bearings Fail?
August 12, 2016There’s no sinister question mark above metal bearings. It’s not as if the metal is unreliable and destined to failure. Quite the opposite, in fact, since robust alloys are designed to handle heavy loads. It’s just that this is a dynamic operating area, a place where multiple forces and environmental stresses hammer away at these […]
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Types of Double Row Ball Bearings and Their Uses
July 29, 2016It’s true that engineers can’t just duplicate a critically important component and gain twofold functionality, but double row ball bearings come close to this mathematical ideal. The friction-cancelling mechanism still employs concentrically configured races, one above the other, but two sets of ball bearings are inserted between the sliding rings. Types of Double Row Sliding […]
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