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Selecting the right bearing for your application is the first part to getting the results you are looking for.
It's unrealistic to expect a bearing to spin extremely freely, withstand all kinds of dirt, dust, water and other contaminants, and last forever.
For over 99% of applications a standard Abec 1 bearing will suffice. Higher precision bearings are used in applications such as dental handpieces, surgical instruments, aircraft instruments, tape guides and precision sound recording and editing equipment.
Most hobby applications damage bearings very quickly. Hobby applications are generally rough, vibratory and often dirty.
Two Simple Rules
- If you want longer life from your bearings, use grease filled rubber sealed bearings.
- If you want more freely spinning bearings, use oil filled metal shielded (or open) bearings.
Site Summary:
Miniature Bearings Australia offers over 100,000 products including small bearings, timing pulleys, timing belts, seals, o-rings, gears etc - see the full listing in the Online Catalogue. Our main business is through resellers including the online only distributor Small Parts and Bearings and the counter sales distributor Hobby Engineering Supplies, both of which are located within our building in Dividend Street Mansfield. There are however many other distributors located throughout Australia and Worldwide. Using the links at the top of this page you will find extensive information including catalogues (Products and Store link), technical data, and other product specific information.We sell our product worldwide through distributors. If you are a distributor of mechanical parts such as bearings and power transmission products, and you have an interest in becoming a distributor for Miniature Bearings Australia in your area/country please contact sales@minibearings.com.au with information about your company. Miniature Bearings Australia are a wholesale and OEM supply company only. There are some foreign language introductory pages in French, German, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish and Portuguese available on our site.
If you wish to purchase product online, the Small Parts and Bearings online store is linked directly to the Miniature Bearings Australia online catalogue, so all new MBA products are added automatically to their store. Recent additions include full ceramic bearings in Silicon Nitride and Zirconia, and ceramic hybrid bearings for pushbikes and other applications. New products are being added every week. We also suggest that you may want to take a look at the technical information sites - Shafting Information, Couplings Information, Gearboxes Information and General Engineering Parts Information.
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