Bearings environment largely defines the life of the bearing
The application environment where the bearing is operated determines the life of the bearing. There are several factors due to which a bearing gets damaged. It could be a human fault, machine fault or environmental fault. The environments that are unreceptive for bearings such as the presence of chlorine gas, ozone gases, and other chemicals, shortens the life of the bearings. This mainly happens due to the contamination of the grease with the environment. The contamination happens at a rapid pace even before the operator realizes that something is going wrong in the machine.
As a matter of fact, the life term of the grease fails to half with every 10 to 15 percent rise in an ambient temperature. Hence, it is very important to use a bearing specific lubricant that functions perfectly with the operating temperatures. The special bearing greases are available that can help to extend long life of bearings.
With this, we complete 6-series articles on precision ball bearings. The articles are targeted to give our audiences an understanding and technical know-how about bearings, how the bearings operate and how to take proper care of bearings in specific conditions.
The six-part series included titles giving detailed information on taking care of bearings with following conditions:
Handling of precision ball bearings
Particle Contamination
Rust Contamination
Shock Forces
Mounting Precision bearings
Application Environment.