NHBB Awarded Patent for Longer Lasting High-Speed Ball Bearing Design

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) awarded NHBB a patent for a high-speed angular contact bearing containing a unique retainer design that reduces retainer wear and increases bearing life by up to 50% in high-speed and ultra-high-speed applications.

Retainer wear is the leading cause of high speed bearing failure, and preexisting retainer designs had yet to fully… Read more

Categories: Cage and Separator Design, Miniature & Instrument Ball Bearing Solutions

Ball Excursion and How It Is Prevented

Uniform spacing of the ball set in a rotating bearing is critical to bearing performance and life. After all, every ball bearing—except for full complement designs—includes a cage, which positions the balls at approximately equal intervals around the bearing raceway. In some applications, however, the cage experiences a catastrophic failure by getting torn apart by the ball-set.

Such a… Read more

Categories: Cage and Separator Design, Miniature & Instrument Ball Bearing Solutions, Precision Ball and Roller Bearing Solutions