Last week in our bearing shaft and housing fit discussion, we covered the IT chart — along with the shaft and housing charts — just to understand t...

I recently finished a decent-sized project where I had to define several ball bearing fits for a prototype — all with different fitting arrangement...

Albert Einstein, it is said, defined insanity as “doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result.”

News From Around the Gear Industry

The number one question today is: are the current low oil prices a near-term or structural development?

In 1991, Needelman and Zaretsky presented a set of empirically derived equations for bearing fatigue life (adjustment) factors (LFs) as a function of oil filter ratings.

Tapered roller bearings can be set at initial machine assembly to any desired axial or radial clearance. This unique feature enables a designer to control bearings to meet anticipated application operating conditions, and thereby provide optimum bearing and system performance.

With advances in modern technology reducing demand for envelopes, manufacturers are finding it increasingly hard to justify investment.

You may well have already read the following Gear Expo description on the AGMA Website.

The Department of Energy estimates that 4 million megawatts of potential power—four times the amount all U.S. power plants combined currently produce—exists in offshore wind energy. Construction of America’s first offshore wind turbines began in July. The wind farm, which is being constructed off the coast of Block Island, RI, will consist of five turbines. Together, they will produce 30 MW.