Special Material Bearings

Stainless steel inserts bearing are manufactured from high-grade stainless steel and go inside of a housing. Insert bearings themselves are based on sealed deep groove ball bearings typically within the 62 and 63 series but with a convex outer ring and some sort of shaft-locking mechanism.

The stainless steel bearing inserts are several types which include: flat backed design with a grub screw fixings – SS-SB2.. series, flat back design with a collar SS-SA2.. series, SS-UC2.. standard insert series, SS-UCX.. heavy duty insert series. For non housed designs, we also keep the SS-RB2.. series of inserts with a parallel outer and grub screw locking.

Full ceramic, radial, deep groove, bearings are made entirely of ceramic material and are superior to common steel bearings in many ways. Ceramic is the perfect material for any application seeking to achieve higher RPM’s, reduce overall weight or for extremely harsh environments where high temperatures and corrosive substances are present. Applications such as cryopumps, medical devices, semiconductors, machine tools, turbine flow meters, food processing equipment, robotics and optics. Ceramic materials commonly used for bearings are Silicon Nitride (Si3N4), Zirconia Oxide (ZrO2), Alumina Oxide (Al2O3) or Silicon Carbide (SiC.)