In our many years in the bearing manufacturing industry, we’ve come to find that certain habits among motor repair technicians die hard. Many who have always used steel ball bearings to repair motors are reluctant to try something else, such as ceramic hybrid ball bearings. We understand that new products and technologies seem to come and go almost on a daily basis, so making the switch to something you aren’t as familiar with can feel risky, but ceramic hybrid ball bearings are a tried and true … [Read more...]
How to Prevent Electrical Arcing in Motors with a VFD
If you own, operate, or provide maintenance for equipment with motors using a variable frequency drive (VFD), you likely are aware of the problem of electrical arcing. It’s not a new or uncommon problem. Electrical arcing occurs when the voltage level gets too high and causes an ongoing electric discharge, which can damage your equipment and eventually cause it to fail. In the December 2017 edition of Currents, the monthly publication for members of the Electrical Apparatus Service A … [Read more...]
Custom Ceramic Hybrid Bearings Direct from our Bearing Lab
CBR Bearing is a company that has come to be known throughout our industry as a company you can call on when you need standard-size ceramic hybrid bearings delivered quickly. Bearing distributors and those in the industrial electric motor repair industry often contact us first when they need a quick turnaround on ceramic hybrid bearings. That’s because they know we always have our shelves stocked with all of the standard bearing sizes, ready for same-day shipping. But did you know that CBR also … [Read more...]
Planning Your 2018 Budget? Consider Upgrading Your Equipment with Ceramic Hybrid Ball Bearings
With the end of this year approaching, we’re guessing that many business owners are finalizing their budgets for the new year. If business looks promising, your new budget may be increasing from the previous year’s, or you may be tightening it if things have been on a downward trend. No matter what your projections for the next year look like, if your company has equipment that regularly needs to replace ball bearings, such as equipment with industrial electric motors, you may want to make 201 … [Read more...]
Is American Manufacturing Dead?
These days you hear a lot about the demise of the manufacturing industry in the United States. It was one of the main topics in the 2016 presidential election, and rightly so—it’s an important issue for many Americans who depend on the manufacturing industry for their livelihoods. You hear about factories closing and jobs being outsourced to other countries like China or Mexico, and you might wonder if the trend will ever end. While it’s true that manufacturing in the United States isn’t what … [Read more...]
Ceramic Ball Bearings vs. Steel Balls Bearings: Is There Any Real Difference?
Steel ball bearings have been the standard bearings used in industrial electric motors for many years. When one particular product has been used for so long, we understand that it can be difficult for people to make the switch to something else, even if it may be a better product that offers superior performance. Steel bearings have served many people well for a lot of years, but if you find that you are replacing your steel ball bearings more frequently than you’d like, or if your bearings a … [Read more...]
Understanding Bearing Internal Clearance with Ceramic Hybrid Ball Bearings
Have you ever looked at a bearing part number and wondered what the suffix C3 (or C2, or C4) means? Knowing what they stand for can help you get the right ceramic hybrid bearing for your specific application. Read on, and we’ll help you “decode” this important portion of a bearing part number. The suffixes C0 through C4 in a bearing part number refer to a bearing’s internal clearance value and have to do with what’s called “radial play”. Radial play is the radial internal clearance between the … [Read more...]
Customer Inquiry Yields Glowing Comments for this Ceramic Hybrid Ball Bearing Company
Last month, we wrote in our blog about how CBR Bearing differentiates itself from other bearing companies by our excellent customer service. We really do take the time to help our customers in any way we can—by answering their emails in a timely manner, and by getting them the ceramic hybrid ball bearings they need as soon as possible and for an affordable price. Recently, we were contacted by Bryan R., who was looking for a very specific bearing for a Honda distributor. Unfortunately, the N … [Read more...]
Customer Service Sets Us Apart in the Ceramic Hybrid Ball Bearing Industry
Have you ever called a bearing distributor with specific questions about bearings, only for them to not have an answer, or to have to take time to go find the answer from someone else? Maybe they took a really long time to get back to you—or, even worse, didn’t get back to you at all. Even though bearing distributors specialize in finding you the bearings you need, they may not readily have answers to your questions about specialty bearings, like ceramic hybrid ball bearings for industrial ele … [Read more...]
It’s Time to Revisit Ceramic Hybrid Ball Bearings
We recently mailed a sample pricing sheet to industrial electric motor repair facilities across the county, and just as we expected, people are amazed to see how reasonable the prices are for ceramic bearings. It seems many people in the industry had investigated ceramic bearings years ago, saw high prices and long lead times, and were immediately dissuaded. Unfortunately, those folks haven’t revisited ceramic bearings in years, so we’re on a mission to inform those in the industry about our bea … [Read more...]
