Many years ago, Kaydon engineers trying to help designers fit assemblies into smaller spaces had an idea: what if the bearing cross-section didn’t increase as the bore size got bigger? This led them to develop new bearings with a cross-section that remained constant: KAYDON Reali-Slim thin section bearings.

Reali-Slim bearings produce larger ratios of diameter to radial section, which lead to space and weight savings of up to 85 percent. Such savings typically have a ripple effect, and have been known to eliminate enough material and/or components to reduce system cost by 40 percent.

Despite their slim profile, Reali-Slim bearings have enough load capacity to handle a wide range of applications.

Application for KAYDON Reali-Slim thin section bearings

Industrial Machinery
• Machine tools
• Robots
• Optical scanning and imaging equipment
• Food processing machinery
• Packaging equipment

Aerospace & Defense
• Target systems and tank sights
• Navigation, target acquistion pods
• Helicopter swash plates and gearboxes
• Propulsion and control systems
• Radar
• Satellites
• Mars Rover

Oil & Gas
• Rotating drill rig equipment
• Pipe inspection equipment
• Iron roughnecks
• Power swivels

Medical
• CT scanners
• Laboratory diagnostic equipment
• Surgical robotics
• Surgical chairs, tables

Semiconductor Machinery
• Pick and place robotics
• Lapping equipment
• Wafer etching, scrubbing and polishing

Renewable Energy
• Solar panel altitude-azimuth mountings
• Solar panel gearboxes