Reliability and maintenance engineers are often given the task of improving the reliability of bearing arrangements in a variety of applications. Lubrication is a key area to explore for improvement ...

Greases help sleeve bearings operate with less maintenance. Understanding bearing oscillation angle, temperature, friction, and grease replenishment requirements will keep bearings working longer.

Plane bearings are simple: Two surfaces moving against each other without the aid of a rolling element. A shaft turning in a bushing, a slide pad damping vibration, a bridge joint expanding, and a ...

Rolling-element bearings are used for the precise guidance of moving parts. Frictional losses are extremely small because the bearings rest on rolling elements, enabling very heavy loads to be ...

Article originally published on Noria.com. If you already use vibration-monitoring equipment with “spike energy,” gSE or other high-frequency detection technology, you can optimize the quantity of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Several factors influence the quantity of grease that would go into a bearing at the selected interval. Critical factors include: Design of the bearing (plain, roller, ball or spherical roller). Type ...

Grease both the fittings on the fifth wheel and the top plate. Clean the top surface of the plate first, then distribute grease all around. Your truck’s chassis is a complicated system of moving parts ...

As routine maintenance and basic automotive servicing tasks go, packing wheel bearings isn't one of the glamorous ones. It's a messy job—and one that could cause serious damage or problems if not ...

Bearings are usually taken for granted-until the bearing comes out in more pieces than when it went in. We'll explore the selection, installation and maintenance of various bearings which will allow ...