Tag: SMB Bearings
Should You Opt for Custom or Off-the-shelf Bearings?
The choice of bearings in machinery design significantly affects performance, durability and cost. Bearings are essential for reducing friction, supporting loads and allowing smooth...
Supporting The Surge in Global Shipping
Industrial bearings are at the heart of maritime resilience
Global shipping is under pressure. More vessels, bigger loads, tighter turnarounds — and all eyes are...
Bearings and e-mobility
Smart bearings provide critical data for predictive maintenance of EV components
It’s clear that the shift to e-mobility is happening now, rather than in three-to-five...
Lowering vehicle emissions with specialist bearings
Thin section and stainless steel bearings for weight and cost-savings in vehicles According to McKinsey & Company’s Lightweight, heavy impact report, the use of...
It starts with material selection
Five considerations to ensure superior performance of steel bearings under harsh conditions
In hazardous environments such as those found in the oil and gas industry,...
How is bearing technology changing?
How is bearing technology changing?
Simple yet sophisticated, the humble ball bearing is arguably one of the greatest technological developments of all time. However, the story...
Ball Bearing Relubrication Services
SMB Bearings provides a specialised bearing relubrication service. Using our bespoke relubrication facility, we clean and relubricate bearings from our own stock as well as customer-supplied...
Bearings in smaller robots
Thin section bearings help industrial robots fit into smaller spaces
“Great things,” said Vincent Van Gogh, “Are done by a series of small things brought...
From farm to fork: The role of bearings in the food...
From the London Beer Flood of 1814 to the Tapioca Tanker Disaster of 1972, there has been a host of high-profile food and beverage...
Can ball bearings conduct electricity?
While full and hybrid ceramic bearings and plastic bearings are non-conductive, steel ball bearings can conduct electricity. In settings where a build-up of static electricity...


















