This section provides an overview for bearing balls as well as their applications and principles. Also, please take a look at the list of 10 bearing balls manufacturers and their company rankings.
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Bearing balls are parts used in various industrial products in the industrial field. They are a very important mechanical element to support rotational motion.
They are used as rolling bearings in parts called bearings, and the accuracy of rotation is greatly influenced by the system of the built-in round balls.
Since they are used in bearing components, low precision can hinder rotation, preventing industrial products from functioning properly and reducing efficiency.
Bearing balls are used in CD and DVD players, as well as in recording and playback devices. If the bearing balls used to support this rotation are not accurate, noise may be generated when recording or playing back images, or the recording or playback may not be correct. In the case of hard disks installed in PCs and other devices, even higher precision is required, and as the storage capacity increases, the precision required of bearing balls increases.
Since they are used in bearings for many other rotating parts, they are used in a wide variety of places, from small daily necessities such as ballpoint pens to parts for automobiles and other vehicles.
Bearing balls have an aesthetic spherical shape. If this sphere has even the slightest irregularity, resistance increases when it rolls, causing the product to not function properly or to operate inefficiently. Unevenness can cause the bearing to be subjected to an unintended force, which can lead to malfunction or damage.
For industrial products that are subjected to large forces, metals such as stainless steel are used as materials to increase durability. Some are made of resin and some are made of aluminum, and these are used differently depending on the conditions of use.
A bearing ball with good accuracy is defined as a ball with a small error in diameter, etc. and with a small roughness of the ball surface. The smaller the difference between the average diameter and the maximum and minimum diameters, the more accurate a round ball is. The degree of sphericity is a measure of surface roughness, and the smaller this value, the more accurate a round ball is. The accuracy of balls is differentiated by grade, which is based on the accuracy of shape and surface roughness, etc. The smaller the grade, the more accurate the bearing balls are.
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