Ceramic Plain Bearing

Miniature ball bearings precision industrial ball bearings.

Ceramic plain bearing.

Ceramic bearings are comprised of ceramic rolling elements balls enclosed in a ferrous typically steel inner and outer race. Types of roller bearings include cylindrical needle spherical tapered roller bearings. Custom sizes can also be ordered. Plain bearings are used in many industries and across many applications where there is a need to cost efficiently and reliably meet the challenge of oscillating movements and possible misalignment.

Because ceramic balls are only 40 as dense as steel balls the centrifugal load that they generate is less and the internal bearing friction is lower. Reduce wear from contamination. Our complete manufacturing process control from forming to finishing allows us to maintain the highest standards for your custom components. Since these bearings are constructed from many materials they often operate in hybrid capacities.

A plain bearing or more commonly sliding bearing and slide bearing in railroading sometimes called a solid bearing journal bearing or friction bearing is the simplest type of bearing comprising just a bearing surface and no rolling elements. Ceramic cermet bearings are used successfully in many oil water and process lubricated pump applications. From mining and construction equipment farm and forestry machinery all the way to forklift trucks and solar power equipment. Ast bearings is the complete one stop supplier to oem s and to wholesalers sourcing high precision miniature ball bearings industrial ball bearing related products and associated professional services including world class engineering and design.

A distinction is made between radial plain bearings for radial forces transverse forces and axial or thrust plain bearings for axial forces longitudinal forces. Types of bearings include ball ball screw roller plain cam follower rod end mounted special type bearings. In applications lubricated by water or process fluid bearing materials need to be both chemically resistant to the fluid and able to operate with thin films. The plain bearings come in standard industrial bore sizes from 0 5 to 12 inches as well as metric sizes from as small as 4 to 300 mm.

Bearing bushing assembly components. Ball bearings are available in hexagon round square tapered bore types. Iso 9001 2008 certified distributor of bearings.