Bearings

Bearings

Bearings are machine elements with the special property of restricting movement between moving parts to only the intended motion or direction.

Industry: Machine tools

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Bearings

Portion of one race shoulder turned and ground away to facilitate assembly with a greater number of balls. A non-separable ball bearing with one side of the raceway removed from either or both rings ...

corrosion inhibitor

Machine tools; Bearings

An additive that protects lubricated metal surfaces from chemical attack by water or other contaminants.

corrosion

Machine tools; Bearings

A chemical attack on metals by acids, alkalies, oxygen, chlorine, sulfur or other chemicals. This is distinct from metal destruction by wear and may be evident by either discoloration or pitting.

contamination

Machine tools; Bearings

The pollution of a lubricant by an external agent.

contact point

Machine tools; Bearings

The line of intersection between the outside and inside lip surfaces of a radial lip seal. In a cross-sectional view, this intersection is illustrated as a point.