Collection: Energy efficient deep groove ball bearings
Energy efficient deep groove ball bearings are made to the same external sizes as standard deep groove ball bearings and therefore have complete interchangeability with standard ranges enabling all customers to make the choice to use a more energy efficient bearing.
With ever increasing energy costs and the growing need to make better environment choices to help to protect our planet, energy efficient deep groove ball bearings offer an excellent choice in terms of price and performance
Key benefits include :
- At least a 30% reduction in friction to help reduce energy consumption
- Supplied greased and shielded for life to reduce maintenance
- Reduced operating temperatures due to the lower friction
- Dimensionally interchangeable with standard deep groove ball bearings
Where can energy efficient deep groove ball bearings be used ?
Energy efficient deep groove ball bearings can be used in almost any scenario in place of standard bearings, however they have particular advantages in applications where hundreds of bearings are used together in one system as this is where the friction savings can compound to create large energy savings. Check this case study conducted by SKF for conveyor systems for further information on how energy efficient deep groove ball bearings can help your business.
If you don't have time to read the full article, in a conveyor application with 120,000 energy efficient deep groove ball bearings installed a whopping 20 GWh of electricity was saved in a year compared to standard deep groove ball bearings. In the UK at todays retail electricity prices that would save £6.8m in electricity costs. Alongside that 6,700 tons of CO2 were saved as part of the switch. You can clearly see the benefits of moving to more energy efficient solutions.
Interested in learning more about deep groove ball bearings ?
We have information on different designs for deep groove ball bearings including, single row deep groove ball bearings including bearings with snap rings or snap ring grooves and double row deep groove ball bearings as well as on stainless steel deep groove ball bearings which can be suitable for use in corrosive environments.
All of our ball bearings are available either as open types where the balls are exposed, sealed types where the bearings are greased for life and then seals are inserted to prevent contaminants getting in and the grease getting out and as shielded bearings where the grease is retained and some sealing protection is offered. Our deep groove ball bearings are also available with different internal clearances designed to improve performance in certain applications. We can supply deep groove ball bearings in both metric and inch sized bearings and with a range of internal clearances which can be utilised to either help reduce noise and vibrations by selecting a lower clearance bearing such as C2 bearing clearance or more standard clearances which cover most applications such as CN bearing clearance or C3 bearing clearance or applications which maybe require greater clearances such as high temperature applications may use one of either C4 bearing clearance, C5 bearing clearance, C5L bearing clearance, C5H bearing clearance so it doesn't matter which you have, the same clearance principles will follow.
If you have space constraints but need a bearing to take more load than a standard deep groove ball bearing then we have max load bearings with filling slots and we also have lots of useful information on deep groove ball bearings that have been designed for specific applications or with special uses in mind like, low noise bearings, bearings for the food industry and energy efficient bearings which are becoming increasingly necessary and popular due to rising energy costs and the need to protect the environment.