Why Industrial Bearings Fail

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Introduction of Book :

Industries all over the world use millions of bearings of various types with extreme precision and high standardization. These bearings work in demanding applications of high sustainability, extreme reliability, and optimal performance.Without a doubt, modern precision manufacturing practices and maintenance management techniques, such as predictive maintenance, have reduced some of the premature bearing failures, but they haven’t addressed many of the core problems that lead to bearing failures. 

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Failures due to misalignment, poor lubrication, manufacturing defects, bad mounting practices, contamination, fatigue, and so on can be avoided if bearings are properly installed and lubricated and not overloaded—in short, if the bearing is treated with some respect. Unfortunately, practical knowledge is passed by word of mouth by a vanishing tribe of oncerned technicians, engineers, and managers who are retiring or looking for greener pastures. Understanding why and how failures occur is critical to failure prevention, because even the slightest breakdown can lead to catastrophic loss of life and assets as well as widespread pollution. 

List of Contents :

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1. ALIGNMENT 

2. LUBRICATION 

3. MANUFACTURING MISTAKES AND COUNTERFEIT BEARINGS 

4. MOUNTING PRACTICES 

5. CONTAMINATION 

6. FATIGUE AND WEAR 

7. MULTIPLE REASONS 

8. INSULATED BEARINGS 

9. MISCELLANEOUS PROBLEMS 

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