Taper to be at BearingNet Miami Conference

The BearingNet User Meetings are a world renowned Networking event which brings together distributors from all over the world. Having held 9 meetings in Europe, BearingNet brought the meetings to the US in 2012. They have now established their meeting in the US with over 150 delegates joining last year in Atlanta. This year the meeting is […]

Raid against counterfeit bearing workshops in China – Watch the video!

Follow the Chinese authorities in a raid against a counterfeit bearing workshop. In this video you can see how low cost bearings are branded to look like high quality premium bearings. Even small scale operations use using sophisticated equipment to mark the products to look like original products. The poor working conditions of the under-age […]

Transparency Market Research: Bearing Market is Expected to Reach USD 118.21 billion in 2020

Transparency Market Research releases a new market research report “Bearing Market – Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast 2014 – 2020” to add to its collection of research reports. Albany, New York (PRWEB) According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research “Bearing Market – Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, […]

Schaeffler opens its first manufacturing facility in Russia

The global technology company Schaeffler inaugurated its first manufacturing facility in Russia. The Schaeffler Group will deliver high-quality products to domestic and overseas automobile manufacturers and the railway industry from its new production plant in Ulyanovsk. The city’s mayor Marina Bespalova was in attendance at the opening ceremony together with representatives of Ulyanovsk’s regional administration […]

Spinning Ahead on a Lubrication-Free Ball Bearing

Ball bearings, in use for over five centuries in a vast array of applications, provide actuation by rolling two surfaces over a layer of encaged spheres. The spheres are free to roll in place within their separate compartments, sliding the two surfaces past one another. The mechanism must be greased to reduce friction in each […]

How Bearings Work

Have you ever wondered how things like inline skate wheels and electric motors spin so smoothly and quietly? The answer can be found in a neat little machine called a bearing. The bearing makes many of the machines we use every day possible. Without bearings, we would be constantly replacing parts that wore out from […]

How the Right Bearings Can Improve Your Manufacturing Process

A good production process is a smooth production process. A smooth production process is a more profitable one. While it’s impossible to avoid every production problem before it happens, there are steps you can take to reduce your risk. One of the most overlooked areas of opportunity in this regard is bearing selection. This article […]

Welcome the First 3D Printed Functional Motorcycle

The TE Connectivity motorcycle is a fully-functional one, though equipped with a small electric motor. This all-ABS plastic bike can even carry two adults, though its on-road capabilities are rather limited by the modest power of the motor. A 1 hp, 750W motor was installed at the heart of this contraption, and it can push […]

Bearing Dismantling is the Focus in MiHow2 Video Featuring Koyo

Motion Industries, a leading distributor of industrial maintenance, repair, and operation (MRO) replacement parts has announced the release of a new MiHow2 video. The goal of the video series is to provide instruction to viewers to help them with their practical applications. “Proper Bearing Dismantling Procedures Using a Mechanical Puller,” which was filmed with an expert […]