866-902-4998

use quotes (") to search for exact phrases

View Our Online Catalog

Email Newsletter icon, E-mail Newsletter icon, Email List icon, E-mail List icon Sign up for our Email Newsletter

For Email Marketing you can trust

Translate this page

Blazing Fast Deliveries
- 24 Hours from Inventory
- 6 Weeks or Less for Most Factory Orders

Bearings in High Speed Applications

January 01, 2006

Motion System Design interviewed a panel of industry experts regarding the challenges of designing and manufacturing high quality ball bearings for high speed applications. Pacamor Kubar Bearings (PKB) is pleased to participate in this important discussion.

Pacamor Kubar Bearings manufactures for such industries as aerospace, aircraft instrument, medical and dental instruments, computers, flow meters, pick and place robots, and many others. High speed miniature bearings in dental handpieces travel at speeds approaching 500K RPM. Flow meter bearings travel at slower speeds but have their own unique set of demands depending on pressure, corrosive conditions and other environmental factors. Many bearings are used in vacuum environments, whether man made vacuums or the natural vacuum of space. To ensure bearings function at their best in the assembled unit, many bearing attributes must be taken into consideration.

Bearings in high speed applications interview by motion system design For high speed applications, bearing noise, vibration, and life are all important factors which are heavily affected by both the bearing design and the intricate details of the bearing production process.

Pacamor Kubar Bearings (PKB) bearings for precision radial bearing handpiece applications offer long life at speeds approaching 500K RPM and will withstand repeated autoclaving. All high speed instrument bearings for dental and surgical applications are manufactured from 440C stainless steel, the preferred choice for all our instrument bearings. Its corrosion resistance allows for repeated sterilizing. Its highly finished, honed surface provides a long lasting structure for the 440C or Silicon Nitride (ceramic) balls, which allows the bearing to rotate smoothly at the high speeds seen in handpieces. Food safe oils and greases designed for high speeds and temperatures play a key role in the performance of any high speed bearing used in a dental handpiece.

Read the entire article as published in MSD