Ceramic Bearing Material

The most common ceramic material used is silicon nitride.

Ceramic bearing material.

Ceramic is the perfect material for any application seeking to achieve higher rpm s reduce overall weight or for extremely harsh environments where high temperatures and corrosive substances are present. Hybrid bearings consist of ceramic rolling elements in steel races whilst all ceramic bearings have both races and rolling elements made from ceramic. We construct the rolling elements in ceramic bearings using several ceramic materials including silicon nitride si3n4 aluminum oxide al2o3 zirconium oxide zro2 silicon carbide sic applications that involve high speeds and high loads often involve ceramic bearings. The most common arrangement is a hybrid bearing usually with stainless steel rings and ceramic balls.

Bearings made with ceramic materials fall into a specialty niche in the bearing industry. 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. These bearings offer several benefits over conventional steel bearings including enhanced acceleration capability increased stiffness and reduced friction. 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. Furthermore the weight of ceramic bearings is also lighter. There are a number of commercially available ceramic bearing types grouped into one of two categories. Full ceramic bearings have races and balls that are made entirely of ceramic material and are superior to common steel bearings in many ways.

Full ceramic bearings are usually made of following materials.