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News
Maintenance-free CLASSIC bearings with VORBAL-Glide
CLASSIC Line now leads with maintenance-free heavy-duty spherical-plain bearings using VORBAL-Glide. Food, packaging, a…
News
Linkages as a system, not a loose pair of heads
PREMIUM Line is how we quote railway and other OEM linkages: rod ends, tubes, and locknuts as one modular system, mixin…
Technical
Choosing PREMIUM, CLASSIC, or BASIC
Start with the motion, not the part number.PREMIUM — oscillation or rotation at speed, or a linkage system. Integral ro…
Technical
Selecting rod ends
Bore diameter and thread come first. Then the sliding or rolling system: rolling elements for speed and oscillation, VO…
Technical
VORBAL-Glide sliding layer
VORBAL-Glide is the maintenance-free race used on CLASSIC heavy-duty spherical-plain bearings and rod ends. The liner i…
Technical
Lubrication and maintenance
Relubricatable VORBAL joints are supplied with grease nipples where the series allows it. Use a compatible aluminium-co…
Technical
Tolerances and fits
Housing bores and shaft fits follow the dimensional system on each series drawing. Do not mix inch and metric threads o…
Technical
Installing spherical-plain bearings
Press only on the ring that is being fitted. Heat-mounting of the inner ring (typically 80–120 °C) is acceptable where …