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Not all bearings need to be replaced. Even if you want to make the switch from traditional all-steel bearings to ceramic hybrid bearings, you don’t need to discard your current bearings and purchase completely new bearings from a ceramic bearing manufacturer. That’s because, here at CBR Bearing, we are able to convert and upgrade your current bearings into ceramic hybrid bearings! This is a service that not many other bearing companies provide, but it is something we specialize in at CBR … [Read more...]

Very few people out there are looking for cheap ceramic bearings. Just about anyone who is looking to upgrade their equipment with ceramic hybrid bearings is more than likely looking for durable, high-quality bearings that will help their machinery run more efficiently and experience less downtime. In other words, they’re trying to find the best ceramic bearings that still fit their budget. If you’ve been looking at the ceramic hybrid bearings offered by some of the large bearing … [Read more...]

Many of the large ceramic bearing manufacturers are located overseas, in places like Japan, Germany, and Sweden. In fact, the eight largest bearing manufacturers in the world are not in the United States. If you’re looking for bearings from a large, well-known company, you unfortunately don’t have many stateside options. In the United States, you’ll find mostly smaller bearing companies, including specialty bearing companies like CBR, which specializes in ceramic hybrid bearings. Why does it … [Read more...]

As a company that exclusively makes bearings, we have a lot of conversations and answer a lot of emails about bearings. One thing we’ve noticed is that people often talk about or ask about “ceramic bearings” when what they are actually referring to are “ceramic hybrid bearings.” It may seem like we’re nitpicking here, but there is quite an important distinction between ceramic bearings and ceramic hybrid bearings. Ceramic bearings (or full ceramic bearings, as some people call them) are made … [Read more...]

A quick search on the internet will reveal that there are many places you can purchase ball bearings. Even ceramic hybrid ball bearings, which up until relatively recently were difficult to find, are sold by many different bearing manufacturers—both large and small. If you just need standard size bearings, you probably won’t have much trouble finding what you need. In fact, here at CBR, we keep many sizes of bearings on our shelves and ready to ship out (even some that other bearing companies … [Read more...]

If you own or manage a business that relies heavily on large equipment, the last thing you want to hear is, “The equipment is down.” Not only does this mean that repairs are in order (likely expensive repairs), but it also means that your employees are standing around with nothing to do and production has come to a halt. Every minute your equipment is down is money lost. There is an old saying that goes, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” In the case of large equipment, this … [Read more...]

Here at CBR Bearing, we’ve been talking about the benefits of ceramic hybrid bearings for years. We manufactured and sold our first ceramic hybrid bearing in 2002 and have been doing so ever since. We specialize in ceramic hybrid bearings for high-performance applications, such as industrial electric motors, and our customers return to us again and again to supply them with bearings that keep their equipment running efficiently and with little interruption. They have experienced the benefits … [Read more...]

Steel bearings have been the standard for many, many years now. And for some people, making a switch from an old standby to a new offering—no matter how promising—can be difficult. For most applications, steel bearings work perfectly fine, so why should someone even consider trying ceramic bearings—especially when they’re dealing with large, industrial equipment? As it turns out, there are many reasons to make the switch, some of which we discussed in this earlier blog post titled, Ceramic Ball … [Read more...]

When you rely on large industrial equipment to keep your business running, being able to quickly get the replacement parts you need is highly important. When your equipment goes down, it costs you money in lost revenue—usually a lot of money! That’s probably the reason why many companies are willing to spend top dollar on the large bearings they need to get their equipment back up and running. However, many companies using large industrial equipment assume that their only option is to pay a … [Read more...]