The following highlights the world's top five bearings:
1. SKF Sweden
SKF Group of Sweden is a world leading supplier of rolling bearings and seals. Headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden, SKF Group is a leader in bearing technology and manufacturing. Sven Wingquist invented double row self-aligning ball bearing in 1905, and founded Svenska Kullargerfabriken Sweden Ball Bearing Manufacturing Company (SKF for short) in 1907. SKF Group is also committed to the research and development of the bearing industry. On average, a new patent comes out every two days. SKF Group is also the first bearing company in the world to pass ISO14001 environmental protection certification, which covers more than 60 manufacturers in 17 countries.
SKF Group of Sweden is a world leading supplier of rolling bearings, bearing housings, bearing units, seals, lubrication systems, condition monitoring, drive and motion control products. It was born in 1907 and has been a leader in bearing manufacturing and technology for nearly a century. SKF is perfectly interpreting its understanding of mechanical bearings with a century of exploration.
SKF accounts for nearly one fifth of the market share of more than 500 million bearing markets in more than 130 countries worldwide, highlighting SKF's dominant position in the global rolling bearing industry. SKF's famous development cycle management has become a practical and effective method for the global bearing industry, which provides optimal performance for equipment design and operation throughout the service cycle. In particular, SKF solutions have been used in factories around the world and proved to be effective. SKF solutions will provide SKF customers around the world with huge market value.
It should be noted that more than 80% of the steel used for SKF bearings in Sweden is provided by SKF's steelmaking plants, which ensures the high quality of raw materials. All important equipment is designed and assembled by SKF, aiming to make the production equipment reach the highest level!
SKF's excellent engineers often form teams to audit the production process in factories around the world. For example, the quality evaluation system of American Ford Motor for its suppliers covers not only products, work performance, design and manufacturing; It also evaluated the performance of suppliers in terms of their ability to provide technical support, timely supply, market leadership, price positioning, adaptability and flexibility, and innovation, and awarded the best performer the first prize of Q1 quality. It is amazing that all 20 SKF factories that praise Ford as suppliers of automobiles have won this prize, which shows their strength.
SKF has won similar awards from General Motors, Volkswagen, Nissan, Christiana, Rolls Royce, Audi, British Railways, Black&Decker, and Atlacopolco.
2. Germany (FAG)
Germany's FAG brand is inspired by a genius. As early as 1883, Friedrich Fischer designed a special steel ball grinder in Schweinford, Germany. It was the first time to use the grinding process to produce a completely spherical steel ball. The invention is considered as the cornerstone of the world rolling bearing industry. As a result, Germany's FAG has become one of the leading brands in the global machinery manufacturing industry, automobile industry and aerospace technology. In major industrial countries around the world, there are FAG companies, branches and sales agents.
FAG bearing is one of the top ten brands in the world and belongs to Schaeffler Group of Germany. Develop and manufacture high-quality rolling bearings, spherical plain bearings, sliding bearings and linear motion products of INA and FAG brands worldwide. It supplies about 40000 standard commodities for more than 60 industrial industries and many major automotive applications. The clutch system, gearbox system and torque damper represent the excellent independent innovation ability, extreme concern for customers and high quality level of many products in the automotive power train industry.
FAG combines with INA products. FAG has the most complete product outline in the rolling bearing industry in the world. Schaeffler Group of Germany is a global leader in the production of rolling bearings and linear motion products, and is also one of the most prestigious suppliers in the automotive industry. The Group has about 65000 employees worldwide and more than 180 branches in more than 50 countries. Schaeffler Group has become one of the largest family business groups in Germany and Europe. Schaeffler Group owns three famous brands: INA, LuK and FAG, which provide high-quality bearings and parts for automotive, industrial and aerospace fields. FAG bearings produce all kinds of ball bearings and roller bearings with an outer diameter from 3mm to 4.25m, including standard products based on samples and non-standard products based on special requirements of users.
FAG and SKF are of the same grade, and the quality is very stable, especially better than Japanese models such as NSK and NTN. The price is close to SKF, but higher than Japanese models. As we all know, people in the imported bearing industry know that European and American brands represented by SKF, FAG, TIMKEN, etc. represent the symbol of high quality of global bearings.
3. Japan (NSK)
NSK Bearing, which began in 1916, became the first bearing manufacturer in Japan. It is the pioneer of bearing industry in Japan. It develops and provides various types of bearings, making outstanding contributions to the improvement of the industry and the improvement of mechanical equipment. NSK not only ranks first in Japan, but also ranks first in the world in the field of bearings. NSK combines Japan, Europe, the Americas and the Asia Pacific into a quadrupole system by using a well structured intelligence network. Because of its pivotal position in China, NSK's career development in China will further improve the quadrupole system.
The main product of NSK in Japan is bearings, which are the very important foundation of all machines; It is an indispensable product in modern society. Bearing has always been known as the "grain of machinery industry"; Bearings ensure the quality of all industrial products. The purpose of NSK is to operate and control, especially to investigate the operation/friction phenomenon of the machine to ensure smooth rotation and operation; NSK is always here and always contributes to the global energy conservation movement and resource protection.
NSK has established a sales network in more than 20 countries and regions around the world, and has more than 50 factories, ranking the top in the industry. NSK is committed to exporting advanced production technology and management experience to China with sustained and rapid economic development, and gradually establishing and improving the three in one business system with production as the core, technology as the guidance, and marketing information as the auxiliary. NSK will accelerate the localization process of this system.
NSK bearings in Japan are made of pure materials with high precision and hundreds of thousands of varieties. NSK, which has more than 80 years of bearing production experience, continues to improve existing products, develop and develop new products, and always maintains a leading edge in technology. Especially with the wide application of CNC machine tools and machining centers, industrial machinery has entered a new stage of electromechanical integration. Therefore, this technological progress cannot be separated from NSK bearing products represented by ball screw and linear guide. Its high precision positioning technology is even more powerful in cutting-edge fields such as semiconductor manufacturing devices and industrial robots.
In addition, NSK has also made progress in the fields of auto parts, precision mechanical products, electronic application products, etc. from a long time ago by using the precision processing technology tempered from the production and manufacturing of bearings.
Japan has many world-class bearing brands, such as NSK Seiko bearing, NTN bearing, KOYO bearing, etc. The quality of Japanese bearings includes: life, precision, speed and noise.
Take Japan's NSK spindle bearing products as an example: NSK precision spindle bearings include precision angular contact ball bearings 70 series, 719 series and 72 series, precision cylindrical roller bearings N10 series and NN30 series, and precision ball screw bearing TAC series. As we all know, the bearings in Sweden refer to SKF, while the representative products in Japan are NSK and NTN, which are similar in comparison. Sweden SKF is the best bearing in the world, even more than ten years ahead of other brands. However, many enterprises or businesses cannot afford SKF. Because of the high price, the price advantage of Japanese bearings has attracted many customers.
4. USA (TIMKEN)
TIMKEN is a global leading bearing manufacturer for nearly a century. Its high-quality bearings, alloy steel and related products and services can be found everywhere, whether on land, deep sea or in outer space. As long as there is equipment operation and power transmission, we can see the technology and products of TIMKEN.
TIMKEN bearings produce more than 230 types of bearings and 26000 tapered roller bearings of different specifications, which are widely used around the world. Whether it is a hub component of a family car, roller coaster bearing, rail bearing maintenance service, or aircraft engine shaft steel, it can be said that the products and services brought by TIMKEN bearings make the world's equipment run more smoothly. It is worth mentioning that TIMKEN bearing has brought the world's largest combination solution of tapered roller bearing and cylindrical roller bearing products to the LGMS5725 slag vertical mill once manufactured for CITIC Heavy Industry.
TIMKEN Bearing Company always takes quality, technology and innovation as its business philosophy. The solid foundation of customer quality certification fully proves that customers have affirmed and trusted TIMKEN. For example, it has the world's leading cutting-edge technology in railway and aerospace applications. Its customers have awarded more than 300 quality awards to Timken. TIMKEN's factory has won more than 80 quality certifications in systems such as ISO9000, ISO9001, ISO9002, QS9000, AS 9000 and Boeing D19000.
5. Japan (NTN)
NTN bearing is a world famous brand. NTN bearing brand comes from Japan. NTN is one of the world's comprehensive precision machinery manufacturers. NTN Bearing Company was founded in Japan in 1918, headquartered in the West District of Osaka City, and has 11 manufacturing institutes, 25 business offices and 3 research institutes in Japan; It has 20 wholly owned manufacturing plants, 2 research institutes and 48 business offices abroad. The current chairman is Taixin Suzuki. NTN Corporation of Japan is the fifth largest bearing manufacturer in the world.
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