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Ceramic bearings

Features of ceramic bearings

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Hybrid ceramic bearings

Hybrid ceramic bearings consist of ceramic balls (or rollers) and steel races, cages/retainers and seals/shields.

The balls/rollers may be made of the following ceramics:

The steel parts are made of Chrome steel (eg. AISI 52100) or Stainless steel AISI 316.

Hybrid ceramic bearings are mainly used in high speed and insulating applications.
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Full ceramic bearings

Full ceramic bearings are made only of ceramics (contain no steel parts).

The following ceramics are used for manufacturing full ceramic bearings:

Full ceramic bearings are widely used in harsh environments (chemicals, vacuum, high temperature, radiation).

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Applications of ceramic bearings

  • Pumps for domestic hot water circulators, dishwashers and washing machines.
  • Industrial pumps for pumping water from deep wells.
  • Submersible pumps for aquariums and garden ponds.
  • Automotive water pumps.
  • Aircraft valves, transmissions and gearboxes.
  • Gas turbine mainshaft.
  • Dental handpiece turbines.
  • Semiconductors processing equipment.
  • Food processing equipment.
  • High speed spindles.
  • Electroplating equipment.
  • Chemical processing equipment.
  • Aircraft engines.
  • Vacuum apparatus.

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