Bearings and Bushings Reference Materials
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How to Increase Speeds and Accelerations Using Plastic Bearings
From: igus® inc.Description: A few years ago, we replaced ball bearings on the welding jaw of a vertical-form-fill-seal machine, which enabled it to pack more bags of product per hour, translating into an impressive 20% increase ...
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How to Lower Driving Force and Friction with Hybrid Bearings
From: igus® inc.Description: During my ten years at igus®, I've encountered a number of customers who wanted to use our DryLin® linear bearings for manual applications, but sometimes due to heavy loads or the ...
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The 2:1 Rule and How to Define Fixed and Floating Bearings
From: igus® inc.Description: When using DryLin®, it is important to ensure that all acting forces follow the 2:1 rule. In a nutshell, if either the drive force (Fa) or applied load force (Fs) are a greater distance than ...
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The 5 Major Benefits of Plastic Bearings
From: igus® inc.Description: Some engineers hesitate to use plastic bearings in their designs. Maybe they have trusted metal and bronze bearings for years or they simply don't think plastics can handle the tough applications or ...
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The Science Behind Triboplastic Bearings
From: igus® inc.Description: During my recent travels, I revisited a customer who, just a few years before, was set against using plastic bearings. He knew he could save a lot of money by making the switch, but couldn't be ...
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Principles of Ballscrew Repair
From: KURODA JENATEC, Inc.Description: What exactly does happen to a ballscrew when it fails and what are the principles and procedures to repair a ballscrew from a company such as Jena Tec? The most frequent cause of failure of a ...
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Ball Screws and Lead Screws - The Real World Difference (.pdf)
From: Thomson Industries Inc.Description: Machine Builder Question> -- "Ballscrews and leadscrews often are not interchangable, and there's always a trade-off between precision, rigidity and load capacity. I'm also told that specs don't ...
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Design Engineer's Guide - Selecting a Lubricant for Ball Screws (.pdf)
From: Thomson Industries Inc.Description: Many parameters must be considered when designing or selecting a ball screw assembly. Operating load, speed, accuracy, environment, and power requirements all play major roles in the design criteria. ...
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An Overview of Bearing Types and Glossary of Engineering Terms (.pdf)
From: Emerson Bearing Co.Description: This document goes over the different types of rolling bearing types. ...
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Barden Company Engineering Data for Super Precision Bearings (.pdf)
From: Emerson Bearing Co.Description: After a bearing selection has been made, the product or system designer should pay careful attention to details of bearing mounting and fitting. ...
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Comparison of the Load Carrying Ability of Different Types of Bearings (.pdf)
From: Emerson Bearing Co.Description: The table compares the performance of different bearing types with regard to load, accuracy, noise and friction. ...
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Take the Wheel: Exploring the possibilities of Guide Wheels Systems (.pdf)
Description: After more than 40 years of use in thousands of applications ranging from the saw mill to the clean room, and from light to heavy loads, guide wheels have proven features that meet performance, ...
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Development of a New High Performance Material to Improve Vehicle Efficiency by Reducing Frictional and Parasitic Energy Losses in Transmission Components (.pdf)
Description: Emission regulations, fuel conservation and green-house gas reduction have made vehicle efficiency a driving force in driveline and transmission design. Literature and customer interviews have ...
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Bearing Wear
From: Daemar Inc.Description: PV (Pressure & Velocity) is the most common empirical tool to use when comparing and contrasting bearing performance. "P" is related to pressure or pounds per square inch on the projected bearing ...
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Lubricant Failure = Bearing Failure
Description: Bearings rarely wear out, yet they do fail. Careful analysis of bearing condition and failure modes can provide insight into the causes of failure and how to correct them. In most cases, lubrication ...
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Sore Back Relief Rests on Precision Bearings (.doc)
Description: At some point in eighty percent of people's lives, back pain will be their worst enemy. In many cases, the cause is pressure exerted on nerves branching out from the spinal column into the lower or ...
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Bearing Performance Under Extreme Pressure Conditions
Description: Dicronite dry lubrication is commonly used to extend the life or increase the load carrying capacity of rotating or sliding elements beyond that obtained with wet lubricants only. In the tests ...
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Military Helicopter Bearings
Description: Situation: Combat helicopters are vulnerable to sudden loss of transmission lubrication due to enemy fire. Increasing the transmission life after sudden lubrication loss increases the probability of ...
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Grease Plating
From: AST Bearings LLCDescription: MicroGrade Grease Plating is a proprietary lubrication process that is ideal for bearings used in ultra-low torque applications and is only available through AST Bearings. ...
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Shelf Life of Lubricants
From: AST Bearings LLCDescription: There are many misconceptions regarding the "shelf life" of the types of lubricants that are contained in the precision ball bearings. This article clears up many of these mis-understandings. ...
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The Importance of Bearing Grease Consistency
From: AST Bearings LLCDescription: This article from AST Bearings explains how the consistency of bearing grease can affect overall performance. ...
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Air Bearing Basics
From: Nelson Air, a PI Company