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High Precision Ball Bearings - Kraftmek

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Load ratings<br />

DIN/ISO standards do not specify any calculation<br />

methods for the determination of load ratings of hybrid<br />

bearings. If the classical fatigue theory is used, the load<br />

ratings and the service life will be lower than those for<br />

steel balls. However, experience shows that the actual<br />

service life is significantly longer. Due to this, GMN uses<br />

the same load ratings as for conventional bearings.<br />

Examples of application<br />

• Spindles for machine tools:<br />

State of the art machining processes like high speed<br />

milling require a new concept of bearing arrangement<br />

for spindles. The application of hybrid bearings has<br />

resulted in a remarkable improvement of performance.<br />

For some years we at GMN have successfully used<br />

many spindles with hybrid bearings for our own<br />

production processes.<br />

• Special bearing arrangements:<br />

With vacuum pumps, reliability of the bearings is of<br />

utmost importance, as breakdown can result in high<br />

costs.<br />

More applications are:<br />

• Medical equipment like X-ray tube bearings<br />

• Touchdown bearings for magnetic bearings<br />

• <strong>Bearings</strong> for aeronautic and aerospace<br />

Summary<br />

When conventional bearings fail, the technological and<br />

economical solution is often to use hybrid bearings.<br />

It is important always to take the whole system into<br />

consideration and to carry out a “weak point” analysis.<br />

GMN is pleased to share its knowledge on this subject<br />

with you.<br />

…about the product<br />

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