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 are … [Read more...]
The Ceramic Hybrid Bearings Blog
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 … [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 … [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 … [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 … [Read more...]
Ceramic Hybrid Ball Bearings Direct from our Bearing Lab
Normally, when factories or other users of industrial electric motors need new ball bearings for their equipment, they contact a bearing distributor to find them the parts they need. We certainly understand the convenience of doing it this way. Calling a distributor is sort of like “one-stop shopping.” You tell them what you need, and they go and find it for you. But what if you already know exactly what you need? Do you really need to still go through a distributor who is going to mark up … [Read more...]
Ceramic Hybrid Ball Bearings Well Suited for Pumpjacks in Oil Fields
Pumpjacks, also known around the country as oil horses, donkey pumpers, nodding donkeys, horsehead pumps, Big Texans, thirsty birds, or a myriad of other descriptive names, are overground drives used in oil fields to mechanically lift the oil out of onshore wells. Pumpjacks are driven by industrial motors, which are prime candidates to have their steel ball bearings replaced by ceramic hybrid ball bearings. Although ceramic ball bearings offer many benefits to industrial electric motors of … [Read more...]
Rapid Turnaround and Top-quality Ceramic Hybrid Ball Bearings Get Facility Operational in Days
Given that our ceramic hybrid ball bearings are used to repair large industrial motors, the need for our products is often urgent. Most facilities can’t afford for their equipment to be down for long, as it can literally cost a business thousands of dollars for every day their machinery is sitting idle. While other ceramic bearing manufacturers might charge exorbitant “rush fees,” knowing that their clients will be willing to spend almost anything to get the ball bearings they need … [Read more...]
