With a proven track of succesful supplies to bearings industry specialized in wind mill applications, ICT stands as a credible and competitive supplier of high quality balls which – thanks to their metallurgical reliability and geometric precision – contribute effectively to reduce the global environmental impacts of climate change.

In the endeavor of sustainable and clean energy solutions, innovation is paramount. Among the groundbreaking technologies driving this revolution are air bearings. Emerging as a dark horse in the field, air bearings play a tremendous role in enhancing energy efficiency and sustainability across different industries. In clean energy sources and technologies, air bearings have an offering that increases the productivity and longevity of implementing them for a greener earth.

In the latest step on its path toward carbon neutrality, Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) becomes the first manufacturer to deliver a construction machine built using fossil-free steel to a customer. This demonstrates the fast-tracking of innovation to real-world solutions as companies across the value chain come together to drive change.

When an excavator bucket supporting hundreds of kilograms of sand moves, enormous loads act on bearing points – loads that plastics specialist igus has so far met mainly with igutex series plain bearings. These bearings are made of more than one material in a winding process. With integrated solid lubricants, the inner layer ensures low-friction, dry running.

In the field of medicine, where precision and efficiency are crucial for the livelihood of patients and the development of medicinal knowledge, air bearings are emerging as a transformative technology. Air Bearings offer a frictionless and clean solution, significantly enhancing the performance of medical devices like MRIs, CT Scanners, surgical robots, and more.

Demand for bearings worldwide is projected to grow by nearly 5% annually, reaching 80 billion Euro within the next 5 years. This accelerated growth follows the downturn in the Covid-19 pandemic and the reversal of the post-Covid policies/limitations. Disrupting current events continue to leave elements of uncertainty; including the Russia/Ukraine War, shortage of raw materials, inflation and the current Macroeconomic policies.

When selecting from among these many varied types of bearings, the bearing that is right for your machine, the following two criteria are very important. Criterion 1: It should be appropriate for the machine's usage environment and the operating condition that is being demanded of the bearing

When dismounting a bearing for reuse or to find the causes of damage, just as when mounting, it is important to take care not to damage the bearing or the surrounding components.Since bearings mounted by interference fit are especially easily damaged during dismounting, it is particularly important to take care not to damage them.

Bearing is used to support the rotating parts in the machines, and can be slid and rotated in the movement. In the machines, bearings can be widely applied to various rotating parts, such as motors, engines, air blowers, pumps and so on. There are so many types of bearings, commonly including rolling bearings and sliding bearings.

A self-aligning ball bearing consists of an outer ring, an inner ring, rolling elements, a cage to house the rolling elements and a possible seal that protects the rolling elements and lubricants from contaminants. Their design allows them to compensate for a shaft and housing assembly misalignment up to three degrees. The low friction within the bearing will enable them to operate at higher speeds while generating far less heat than other bearings.

To enable selection of the appropriate initial internal clearance to achieve the desired operational internal clearance, bearings are available in different clearance classes. ISO has established five clearance classes for many bearing types.

"Bearings" are a type of mechanical part, but do you know what they do? They are, in fact, so fundamental to the machine industry that they have been called the industry's "bread and butter". They are used in all sorts of machines, but because they do their work in the shadows, most people who aren't involved in the machine industry probably hear the word and think "What's that?"