Industrial Bearings & Precision Motion Solutions

Roller bearings (aka rolling-element bearings) utilize cylinder rolling elements. They’re suitable for both radial and axial loads, which depend on the roller shape and angle. Their versatility is even greater with single- or multiple-row designs, and the rolling elements facilitate movement while keeping components separate

A thrust bearing is a particular type of rotary bearing. Like other rotary bearings they permit rotation between parts, but they are designed to support a high axial load while doing this (parallel to the shaft). Different kinds of thrust ball bearings are used to support different amounts of axial load. Thrust ball bearings are used in applications that use little axial load, where a ring supports ball bearings. Spherical roller thrust bearings are used in applications that require high axial load, and can also support shafts that are out of alignment. Thrust bearings are used in higher speed applications that require oil lubrication, such as in the automotive and aerospace industries. Generally, thrust bearings are composed of two washers (raceways) in which those for ball bearings may be grooved, and the rolling elements.

For motion along a single linear axis, linear motion bearings are the most efficient options. They minimize friction and wear, for efficient repeated use on systems with guiding rails and carriages, such as sliding doors, 3D printers, machining equipment, and robotics systems.

Mounted-bearing units are highly versatile and can accommodate nearly any roller or ball-bearing type. Design options include many material options for both housing units and the bearings themselves. Emerson Bearing’s mounted units are available for shafts between ½” and 4-15/16″, as well as metric variations. Housing materials are available in cast iron, stainless steel, thermoplastic, split housing and bearing are also available for heavy duty applications.

Spherical plain bearings are manufactured in a wide variety of materials and are designed to offer bearing solutions in almost any operating environment. We offers a complete line of spherical bearings available in inch and metric. These High-Quality Spherical Plain Bearings are suitable for heavy-duty, off-highway vehicles, agricultural equipment, construction and mining and logging equipment, packaging and textile equipment, and robotics. The plain bearings come in standard industrial bore sizes from 0.5" to 12" inches, as well as metric sizes from as small as 4 to 300 mm.

Rod ends consist of an eye-shaped head with integral shank forming a housing and a standard spherical plain bearing, or a spherical plain bearing inner ring, or a spherical plain bearing inner ring and a sliding layer between the bore of the head and the inner ring. As a rule, rod ends are available with left or right-hand female or male threads. Rod ends from AST have the sliding contact surface combinations steel-on-steel, steel-on-bronze, steel-on-PTFE composite material, and steel-on-PTFE fabric.

Bushings (also referred to as plain bearings, plain bearings, sleeve bearings or linear sleeve bushings) operate with sliding motion between the moving surfaces. Bushings are selected based on the velocity and the applied load. Maintenance-free bushings do not require additional lubrication to operate. We are a sleeve and plan bushing bearing provider that offers more than 3,000 different high-quality bushing models made from a variety of materials including all metal, plastics, and composite materials.

Cams provide precision control in many industrial uses that require both rotational and linear movements. The cam and cam follower, together known as the cam arrangement, translate (or map) rotational force into linear motion. How these forces interact depends on the cam profile.