You notice the difference as soon as your machine starts running. Ceramic balls weigh less and move with less friction. The ...

Graphite-metal bearings can handle harsh environments that toast liquid-lubricated types. Agrease-filled ball bearing on an oven-door latch seizes and keeps the door from latching. It turns out the ...

Bearings define speed, load-carrying capacity, precision, and stiffness, and they contribute to the spindle operating temperature, vibration, and noise during operation. It wasn’t so long ago that a ...

Even if a CNC machining center is equipped with spindle bearings that are optimized for a duty cycle at the time of purchase, there is no guarantee the bearings will be optimized for future duty ...

The Large Bearing Testing Machine has been developed and primarily used for commercial testing of large bearings. It is capable of applying 1,600 kips (7,117 kN) vertical load, and lateral ...