In extreme applications where bearings are being subject to high temperature or corrosive environments, such as material handling and washdown systems, stainless materials or special platings must be considered.  The Problem:  Standard carbon steel needle bearing cam followers experience premature failure due to severe environments. The solution: Smith-Bearing Stainless Steel Cam Followers!

Smith Bearing manufactures needle roller bearings in a wide variety of high-temperature and corrosive resistant exotic alloys including 440-C Stainless Steel.

Corrosion resistant plating is effective when using bearings in corrosive environments. Non-bearing surfaces such as inner races and end washers are cadmiumplated to resist corrosion.  The outer races of the bearings are typically hard-chrome plated to resist wear as well as corrosion.

Precision manufactured Smith-Rails drastically reduce system design time and sourcing cost of guidance systems for material handling equipment supported by heavy-duty SMITH-TRAX track rollers.