Machine tools

Machine tools

Tools used to facilitate the working or efficiency of machines.

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antilock brake system (ABS)

Machine tools; Bearings

Ability to brake and steer at the same time. A braking system, usually electronically controlled, that prevents wheel lock during heavy brake application.

annular ball bearing

Machine tools; Bearings

A rolling element bearing designed primarily to support a load perpendicular to the shaft axis.

pull-type sleeve

Machine tools; Bearings

Axially slotted sleeve with cylindrical bore, tapered outside surface and male screw thread at small end used with locknut and lockwasher for mounting of bearings with tapered ...

hub grease cap

Machine tools; Bearings

A metal cap that fits over the outer end of the hub to keep grease in and dirt out of the bearing assembly.

hydraulic nut

Machine tools; Bearings

Collar temporarily fixed to shaft which incorporates hydraulic annular piston to transmit axial mounting or dismounting force to bearing inner ring.

hydrodynamic (fluid-film) lubrication

Machine tools; Bearings

That state of lubrication in which the shape and relative motion of the sliding surfaces cause the formation of a continuous fluid film under sufficient pressure to prevent any ...