About Kaydon Corporation--A World Leader In the Design and Manufacture of Bearings

Kaydon Bearings Division manufactures large and small custom bearings which optimize customers' equipment performance and cost-effectiveness.

• Reali-Slim® thin-section bearings
• Turntable bearings
• Custom ball bearings
• Custom roller bearings

Since 1941, Kaydon has manufactured large and small bearings in standard and custom configurations for a broad range of applications and industries. Kaydon has a library of proven bearing designs, concepts, and advanced manufacturing techniques to solve your problems--with either standard or custom bearings. Custom bearings are designed to meet customers' specific needs for optimized, cost-effective equipment performance.

As the world’s largest manufacturer of thin-section bearings, Kaydon sets the industry standard for thin-section bearings with Reali-Slim, offering thin section, low profile, light weight, small cross-section, simplified design, long life, and reduced manufacturing costs.

Reali-Slim bearings are ideal for applications in aviation, aerospace, robotics, machine tools, semiconductor manufacturing and medical equipment, and anywhere a lighter, thinner bearing is required. These bearings are available in different radial sections up to 40-inch diameters--from stock, and larger on a made-to-order basis.

Turntable bearings are a Kaydon specialty. Typical applications include swing bearings (slewing rings) for cranes, excavators, aerial work platforms, gun turrets, radar pedestals, forestry equipment, surveillance equipment, scanner equipment, and material handling equipment. RK Series turntable bearings are pre-engineered and available from stock for light- to medium duty applications. For even greater load handling capabilities, Kaydon offers the MT Series of heavy-duty turntable bearings.

For turntable designs requiring smaller size and less weight, Kaydon offers new-generation Reali-Slim TT™ Series bearings, providing design flexibility, fast installation and change-out, greater accuracy, and the ability to withstand harsh operating environments.

Kaydon custom bearings deliver big advantages, such as dependability and long operating life in the most demanding applications--medical, dental, commercial aviation or aerospace, lab instrumentation, semiconductor manufacturing, and more. Manufactured and tested to the highest quality standards, special attention is paid to balls, bearing raceway geometry and finish, and retainer design, resulting in superb bearing performance.

Kaydon’s broad product line offering can also incorporate many special bearing features such as integral gearing or sprockets, through-drilled or tapped mounting holes and contact seals. These simplify the job of the equipment designer, reduce manufacturing costs, and ensure long life.

Quality management systems and process compliance include: AS9100, ISO9001:2000; Nadcap accreditation.
Continuous improvement processes include JIT Lean and Six Sigma initiatives.