Machine Tool
MACHINE TOOL BEARINGS
The manufacturing of metal parts and components is essential to any economic marketplace. Typically, the machine tool industry is utilizing the latest technological advances in manufacturing processes.
View our features, see common machine tool bearing applications, and check the list of our partner manufacturers in the additional machine tool bearing sections below.
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Manufacturers
Ritbearing’s partners for the machine tool industry include products from:
IRAUNDI - SPAIN
- Crossed roller bearings
- Slewing ring bearings
JNS - JAPAN
- Non-locating needle roller bearings (such as NA or NK series)
LI-BE - ITALY
- Axial angular contact ball bearings
- Axial radial bearings
- Axial cylindrical/needle roller bearings
ORS - TURKEY
- Precision Abec 5 radial ball bearings
RCBD - CHINA
- Precision angular contact ball bearings
- Precision cylindrical roller bearings
SSB - USA
- Thin section bearings (inch dimensions and custom designs available)
TPI - TAIWAN
- Ball screw support bearings
- Precision angular contact ball bearings
NKE - AUSTRIA
- Single row angular contact ball bearings
- Double row angular contact ball bearings
- Four-point angular contact ball bearings
SMT - Japan
- Double row angular contact ball bearings
- Engineered specials
Features
PRECISION ANGULAR CONTACT BEARINGS
- Offer high stiffness
- Ability to carry axial forces in one direction
- Tolerances are typically in the Abec 7 to Abec 9 range
- Non-separable
- Can be provided in a single fashion, pairs, tri-sets or quad sets
PRECISION CYLINDRICAL ROLLER BEARINGS
- Supplied in either single or double row
- Single row design is ideal for higher speed applications
- Double row design is ideal for higher rigidity
- Cylindrical rolling element allows for higher load carrying capacity throughout the bearing
- Can be offered with a tapered bore design
BALL SCREW SUPPORT BEARINGS
- Precision angular contact ball bearings
- Can be made with a large or small design
- Ceramic hybrid design bearings are available upon request
- Ideal for high rigidity applications
CROSSED ROLLER BEARINGS
- High load capacity
- Can receive radial, axial, and moment loads in all directions
- High torsional stiffness
OTHER STYLES OF PRECISION CYLINDRICAL PRODUCT INCLUDE COMBINATION PRODUCTS SUCH AS
- Needle roller bearings
- Axial cylindrical roller bearings
- Axial radial bearings
Applications
AUTOMATIC SCREW MACHINES
- Double row angular contact ball bearings
- Engineered specials
MACHINING CENTERS
- Axial radial bearings
- Crossed roller bearings
GRINDING MACHINES
- Needle roller/axial cylindrical roller bearings
- Angular contact bearings
ROTARY TABLES
- Axial radial bearings
- Thin section bearings
HIGH SPEED SPINDLES
- Precision angular contact ball bearings
LIVE AND DEAD CENTERS
- Double row angular contact ball bearings
- Precision angular contact ball bearings
WATER JET MACHINES
CNC
OTHER
- Needle roller bearings
- Non-locating bearings used in conjunction with needle roller/axial cylindrical roller bearings