Bearings Division Sales Headquarters
2860 McCracken Street  Muskegon, MI  49441
phone: 800-514-3066   fax: 231-759-4102

Kaydon Bearings - Manufacturing Capabilities
for all Bearings Applications

Kaydon Bearings Corporation has been America’s leading producer of large diameter custom bearings since its founding in 1941. Manufacturing operations have expanded steadily to meet ever growing market needs since 1976.

Kaydon manufactures bearings up to 180 inches outside diameter using the most modern facilities and equipment in the industry. Continuing expansion and manufacturing versatility have led to our position as the leading supplier of all types of large diameter combination load bearings. Kaydon is unique in the breadth of product capabilities offered, always striving to match the best bearing type with your application needs.

Standard bearings

Kaydon’s long history of serving the needs of equipment and manufacturers has resulted in two series of standard bearings to fit many common application needs. The RK-Series of lightweight turntable bearings have proven capable of satisfying many requirements at moderate cost—with the advantages of short lead time or stock availability. The new, expanded MT-Series of standard turntable bearings combine quick delivery with maximum capacity and value to fit an even wider variety of applications. Many other thin section bearings shown in our online thin section bearings catalogs are produced on a regular basis and offer short lead time at moderate cost.

Custom bearings

While other manufacturers may specialize in one or two specific bearing types, Kaydon’s broad experience and capabilities allow us to match the product to your requirements—not ours. Where a special need exists, Kaydon can fill it without sacrificing system performance. Often, we can supply bearings which fill the need with minimal alteration or additional costs to the design. For truly unique applications, our fully staffed engineering department can design the optimum solution.

Bearing types

• Four-point contact ball bearings, as well as Kaydon’s patented 8-point contact ball bearings, are used as swing bearings in cranes, excavators, aerial platforms and other types of construction and material handling equipment. These bearings have also been applied successfully in machine tools, radar or medical equipment.
• Biangular roller bearings are used in applications demanding higher precision and stiffness but requiring less static load capacity, such as index tables, positioners, antenna mounts or military gun turrets.
• Inserted raceway–WireX®–bearings with single, double or triple rows offer important weight savings advantages and are found in high performance applications such as military vehicle turrets.
• Plastic ball 4-point contact and angular contact thrust bearings are also available for specialized applications.

Total capabilities

Kaydon offers the bearings to fit your needs. Ball and roller types in single or multi-row designs. Solid or inserted wire raceways. Geared raceways, both internal and external. Bearings for radial, thrust, moment and combined loading. Capacities, materials, seals and configurations to fit a variety of applications. And the design and application engineering service that has tailored the best bearing values to the world’s toughest bearing applications.

If you don’t see what you need as you browse our online bearings catalogs, call us at (231) 755-3741. We or click to request bearings product information. We will be glad to supply technical assistance, lead time information and quotations on bearings to fill your requirements or specifications.

• Grinding machines
• Turning and boring machines
• Index tables
• Scientific and medical instruments
• Radar, height finders, positioners and gun directors
• Ocular and radio telescopes
• Logging machinery
• Material handling equipment

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