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.
Kaydon Reali-Slim thin section 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.
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
