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COC offers the best product value in its class compared to other unitised bearingsLeading supplier Bearings International is the exclusive distributor in South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa for all products from Cross Ocean Company (COC) of Japan. The main product lines are unitised spherical roller
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Aaron Williams, who provides tech support for Standard Bearings, offers answers to common questions about bearings in ag equipment:OEM bearings tend to be better, but aren’t necessarily the best.The original equipment manufacturer’s recommended bearing is generally the best combination of economy an
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The bearing producer SKF has produced a Spherical Roller Bearing (SRB) with 90% less carbon emission than its standard SRB bearing using Ovako´s high quality bearing steel.
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The Timken Company has reached an agreement to acquire GGB Bearing Technology (GGB), a division of Enpro, Industries (including exclusive negotiations with respect to the French operations of GGB). Founded in 1899, GGB serves a variety of diverse customers, markets, geographies and applications with
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Bearings must be installed in dry, clean ambient conditions. Before installation, the machining quality of the mating surfaces of the shaft and the housing, the end faces of the shoulders, the grooves and the connecting surfaces should be carefully checked. All mating surfaces must be carefully clea
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A new high-performance two-piece polymer cage pushes SKF’s Hybrid deep groove ball bearing into new limits and gives more flexibility in the design choices. By allowing higher rotational speeds, it operates more quietly and efficiently than bearings with common cages. Furthermore, it enables higher
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You probably haven’t seen tapered wheel bearings in many late-model vehicles. It seems that nearly every vehicle made these days will run some sort of wheel hub assembly. There are a number of reasons for this, but the biggest reason is this: ease of assembly. Not assembly for those of us that work
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A is ideal for applications in which the shaft and housing are misaligned. Designed to accommodate a three-degree misalignment, self-aligning ball bearings minimize friction and frictional heat. Due to the relatively small contact angle, axial load capacities of these bearings are lower than, for e
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The split asymmetric spherical roller bearing can be installed directly in the nacelle. This makes it unnecessary to disassemble the rotor star and powertrain and reduces the cost of a bearing replacement by a good 50%.Wind turbine manufacturers and operators are currently faced with enormous chall
