What do clocks, skateboards, and industrial machinery have in common? They all rely on bearings to maintain their smooth rotational movements. However, to achieve reliability, they must be maintained ...

The wheels of industry turn on bearings, so why do the wheels often vibrate, clatter, squeak, drag, and overheat? Bearings can fail for a lot of reasons. Most failures (as shown in Figure 1) are ...

If you were to make a short list of mechanicals that can derail a race, there are a few that immediately come to mind. Chains, brakes and derailleurs are obvious, as are flats and damaged rims.

At Basin Electric’s Leland Olds Station, bearings on coal conveyors were scoring the shafts on which they were mounted because their set screws would not hold securely under the operating conditions.

In April 2013, SKF, Lansdale, Penn., announced the worldwide release of SKF Insight, a self-powered sensor package which wirelessly communicates the condition of a bearing at any time. Donald Howieson ...

Bearing types and functions—from plain bearings to roller-element bearings Bearing maintenance; the importance of proper lubrication Bearing specialist certification and common manufacturer standards ...

New bearing technologies find a home with manufacturers looking to decrease their own production costs as well as end-user maintenance. Types of lubrication-related bearing failures. Source: SKF USA ...

OK, we get it: Wheel bearings and bearing maintenance aren't exactly the sexiest topics when it comes to racing. But just like paying your taxes, going to see the dentist and eating your vegetables; ...

COAL-FIRED POWER plants use gearboxes located on the top of each coal pulverizer to drive the rotating classifier. Rotating classifiers ensure that the coal is of the appropriate size for proper ...

Zero-maintenance bearings, an option for the company’s Schmidt offset couplings, eliminate the need for periodic coupling lubrication and the resulting system downtime Zero-maintenance bearings, an ...