The rapid advancement of robotics, advanced vision, and AI technologies has a major effect on the automation industry. That’s why Ritbearing is attending the Collaborative Robots, Advanced Vision & AI (CRAV.ai) Conference from Oct. 24-25 in Santa Clara,...
Update: The proposed tariff on Chinese-made bearings and other products officially went into effect July 6, 2018. As a result, all bearings manufactured in China will be impacted and increased by 25 percent. The bearing industry received some unfortunate news April...
As with most markets over the past several years, the bearing industry has experienced a major dip in demand due to its close linkage with global GDP trends. At the beginning of the financial crisis in 2008, we saw drop offs in both bearing turnover and types, with...
When you hear the word “bearings” you probably think of SKF, Timken and/or INA. Believe it or not, we’re actually okay with the fact that you probably don’t think of Ritbearing right away, because, quite honestly, we don’t want to be like those guys anyway. Let’s take...
When one of our business partners came to us with the idea of writing a blog, here’s a small (family-friendly) sample of what initially went through my head: Wait a minute. A blog? About bearings? Wow. That’ll be interesting. Admittedly, bearings are not the sexiest...