Ceramic Bearing Material

There are a number of commercially available ceramic bearing types grouped into one of two categories.

Ceramic bearing material. Furthermore the weight of ceramic bearings is also lighter. The most common arrangement is a hybrid bearing usually with stainless steel rings and ceramic balls. Full ceramic bearings have races and balls that are made entirely of ceramic material and are superior to common steel bearings in many ways. These bearings offer several benefits over conventional steel bearings including enhanced acceleration capability increased stiffness and reduced friction.

Zirconia oxide bearings silicon nitride bearings and hybrid bearings ceramic steel or chrome. Balls made from this material are hard up to rc78 and have a very smooth surface. The most common ceramic material used is silicon nitride. Typically all ceramic bearings are used in specialist high temperature high speed applications where the design requirements are very strict and hence can be costly.

Full ceramic bearings are usually made of following materials. Bearings made with ceramic materials fall into a specialty niche in the bearing industry. Types of ceramic bearings offered by sceram sceram offers all standards of ceramic bearings in three different material categories. Silicon nitride sin4 alumina oxide al2o3 zirconia oxide zro2 silicon carbide sic.

Ceramic bearings hard surfaces at high temperatures waukesha bearings applies ceramic and cermet ceramic metallic composite materials to thrust and journal bearing designs to extend bearing capabilities in applications where traditional materials and polymers fall short.