With dozens of types of bearings and hundreds of thousands to choose from, selecting the correct bearing for your application can be a daunting task. However, if the right factors are carefully ...

The challenge that machine tool builders face when designing spindles for milling machines and lathes is selecting bearings with the optimal balance of speed, load-carrying capacity, stiffness, and ...

Cam followers convert rotary to linear motion and range from simple two-dimensional cams to complex three-dimensional indexing cams with several followers. In linear-motion applications, cam followers ...

Experts at Schaeffler Group discuss stray current damage and new technologies and materials to boost bearing performance ...

Composite bearings are employed in a diverse array of industries due to their strength, wear and friction characteristics, as well as their capacity to operate efficiently without the use of external ...

Specifying the right lubricants for bearings can be confusing. After all, many types of lubricants exist, and application-specific factors can range from the bearing’s relative positioning of the ...

This is the third and final report in a series, Selecting, Configuring and Lubricating Tapered Roller Bearings for High-Speed Machine Tool Spindles. The first installment is Selecting Tapered Roller ...

Zak is new to the CarBuzz team, working as a freelance content writer. When Zak isn't writing How To articles for CarBuzz he's working as a high school automotive technology instructor. Before ...