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Bearings
Bearings are machine elements with the special property of restricting movement between moving parts to only the intended motion or direction.
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Bearings
counterbored ball bearing
Machine tools; 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.
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.
contact line height
Machine tools; Bearings
The axial distance from the outside seal face to the lip contact line.
cone
Machine tools; Bearings
The bearing's inner ring that is fixed to and/or pressed onto a rotating shaft.
