It has proven to protect bearings during metal to metal contact as well as from the erosive effects of cavitation.
Ceramic coated bearings racing.
Bearings are for use with round end supported shafts.
They are self aligning to compensate for shaft misalignment and have end seals to keep lubricant in and dirt out.
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Among the pioneers of ceramic bearing technology in auto racing has been arizona based performance bearing and its founder jack wilson.
Building a coated bearing adds a number of extra steps to the process.
The ceramicspeed balls and steel races are matched to the micron after which each set of races is coated.
King s pmaxkote is a new approach to coated bearings.
A ceramic liner makes high speeds as well as rapid acceleration and deceleration possible.
Like all ceramicspeed bearings our coated products are handbuilt in denmark.
Wilson a veteran racer in his own right and an engineer and journeyman machinist by trade has spent years working to cure the ills of friction exemplified by steel bearings.
Not for use with ceramic coated aluminum or 300 series stainless steel shafts.
Ceramic bearings used in racing are constructed using conventional hardened steel races but with the steel balls replaced with ceramic balls.
It contains ceramic nano composite particles that function as a fourth layer that provides superior build protection.