Unground (Non-ABEC)
- Oconomowoc originated as a supplier to the fenestration industry and is still the largest manufacturer of sliding patio and screen door bearings in the US today.
- Industries served, among others, include material handling, automotive, agricultural, food and beverage equipment, appliance, furniture and hardware industries.
- Due to flexible machining and automated, high-speed assembly processes, our custom bearings are economical to produce, particularly in annual quantities of 5000 pieces or more.
- We welcome quantities lower than 5000 as well, which may benefit from using high volume standard components and/or tooling when possible.
- Our unground bearings utilize a "full complement" of balls (contact between one another without a bearing retainer), resulting in more moderate speed capacities compared to ground, retained-ball bearings. It can also mean higher load and misalignment capacities.
- Since 1964 we've produced more than 1000 bearing designs, each tailored to economically meet unique and demanding application requirements such as size, shape, material, capacity, contamination prevention, lubrication and aesthetic characteristics.
- The majority of our bearing components are precision-machined on multi-spindle cam and/or CNC lathes, or cold headed from a wide variety of high-quality North American steels – including carbon, stainless, chrome and brass.
- Optional integrated features of our bearings – such as housing, fastening method, composite tires, secondary assembly components – can save costs, improve quality by isolating threats to bearing damage from installation and simplify subsequent assembly operations.
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