Table 76: Spanish 15-Year Perspective for Bearings byProduct Segment – Percentage Breakdown of Dollar Sales forPlain Bearings, Ball Bearings, Roller Bearings and OthersMarkets for Years 2004, 2012 & 2018 (includes correspondingGraph/Chart) III-101

5. PRODUCT OVERVIEW II-19Bearings – An Irreplaceable Component of Machinery andEquipment II-19Bearings and Major Applications II-19Importance of Bearings in Engineered Systems II-19Plain Bearings II-20Spherical Bushings II-20Pilloballs II-20Polymer Plain Bearings II-20Spherical Plain Bearings II-21Radical Spherical Plain Bearings II-21Angular Contact Spherical Plain Bearings II-21Axial Spherical Plain Bearings II-21Ball Bearings II-21Single Row Ball Bearings II-22Double Row Ball Bearings II-22Angular Contact Ball Bearings II-22Thrust Ball Bearings II-22Plastic Ball Bearings II-23Stainless Miniature Bearings II-23Roller Bearings II-23Applications II-23Types II-24Cylindrical Roller Bearings II-24Hollow Bearings II-24Needle Roller Bearings II-25Spherical Roller Bearings II-25Tapered Bearings II-25Applications of Tapered Bearings: II-25Crossed Roller Bearings II-28Other Bearings II-28Air Bearings II-28End-Use II-28Other Applications II-29Textile/Sugar/Pharmaceuticals II-29Fiber Pulling II-29Dry Diamond Machining II-29Testing Machines II-29High Speed Applications II-29Magnetic Bearings II-29Advantages II-30Gas Bearings II-30Journal Bearings II-30Squeeze Film Bearings II-31Hydrostatic Bearings II-31Dry Bearings II-31Semi-Lubricated Bearings II-31Fluid-Film Bearings II-31Self-Acting Fluid-Film Bearings II-32Externally Pressurized Fluid-Film Bearings II-32High-Precision Bearings II-32Micro-Precision Bearings II-32Applications II-32Sensorised Bearings II-33Hybrid Bearings II-33Roller-Ring Bearings II-33Roll Reversals II-33Controlling Reversals II-34Segment Bearings II-34Self-Aligning Linear Bearings II-34Sharply Crowned Segmented Bearing Plate II-34Gradually Crowned Bearing Plate II-35Radiused Bearing Plate II-35Raw Materials Used in Bearings II-35Babbitts II-35Bearings Manufactured from Bronze and Copper Alloys II-35Bearings Manufactured from Aluminum Alloys II-35Bearings Manufactured Using Other Metals II-36Porous-Metal Bearings II-36Nonmetallic Materials Used in Manufacturing Bearings II-36Thermoplastic Bearings II-36

Performance steel cranks like the K1 use fillet radius that requires narrowed bearings. These bearings usually include a chamfer that requires the bearing be installed correctly in the rod with the bearing chamfer positioned to match the chamfer on the rod. The bearings are also marked but it’s usually easy to tell where they should be used … if you pay attention.

Davies says that a special design of cage for the needle roller bearing and improved features that improve the bearing’s lubrication flow characteristics, have resulted in a lower friction design of bearing, which has enabled the customer’s planetary gear set for the electric differentials to be reduced in size, weighing 17 per cent less than the original system. The bearings, in combination with optimised oil flow through the carrier, have enabled 20 per cent higher running speeds (up to 8,000rpm).

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In the late 1980s through to the early 1990s, cage design improvements were focused on thinner designs with reduced mass. Other improvements included new design features that helped to move the lubricant more effectively around all the areas of the bearing, leading to improved oil flow.

"We have finalized construction of the R&D centre so it should be fully open within a couple of months," Mr Yolcular said. "Once opened, we will also be running a series of training courses free of charge for our customers to help them familiarize themselves and solve problems they have with the technical aspects of their equipment."

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The simple fact is that setting bearing clearances for a performance engine is something that cannot be overlooked or glossed over. There are no quick and easy ways to establish the critical clearances, regardless whether the engine is a bone-stock cruiser or a road course animal that will endure hundreds of miles of abuse.

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