Here’s another one of Kaydon’s wide variety of bearing solutions. The Reali-Slim TT series includes the first small-scale, thin section turntable bearings designed for demanding applications. Reali-Slim TT series turntable bearings save weight, reduce product design envelope sizes and increase design flexibility. Reali-Slim TT® bearings offer significant advantages vs. conventional slewing ring bearings, including: Smaller […]
What slewing ring bearing installation measures are you missing?
With all of the easy questions asked, and the basics covered, what is the next step in ensuring the proper selection and installation of a slewing ring bearing? Here is a short run-down of some easily overlooked, yet abundantly important questions to consider during the final phases of your bearing selection process. Is there any […]
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What questions should I ask when specifying a slewing ring bearing?
Here is a brief list of some of some often overlooked considerations when selecting a slewing ring bearing. Does the support structure concentrate the load? Support structures that are under-designed or don’t uniformly distribute the load are all-too common. Many designs with slewing ring bearing assume that the support structures will be rigid when in […]
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When should you select a slewing ring bearing?
Slewing ring bearings have many advantages in applications where the bearing must support an upper structure and facilitate its rotation. Typically large-diameter combination load bearings that lie flat, they are widely used in heavy equipment, such as cranes, excavators, aerial platforms, radar, wind turbines, and material handling equipment. But slewing ring bearings also play key […]
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Kaydon Bearings Division unveils online bearing selector tool
Kaydon Bearings Division has added an interactive bearing selector to its website. The selector makes it easy for engineers and designers to search our standard thin section bearing…
Cooper bearings raise the bar for capacity, long life
Cooper Roller Bearings has increased the load capacities of many of its industry-leading split roller bearings to levels higher than any split roller bearings of similar size, with…
New Kaydon Thin-section Bearing Catalog Now Available
Kaydon Corporation Bearings Division has released a new edition of its REALI-SLIM® thin-section bearings catalog (Catalog 300) with 40 new part numbers and more availability from stock than ever before. The 132-page catalog, last updated in 2007, is available in print or as a downloadable PDF file at the company’s website, www.kaydonbearings.com. Among the highlights…