The top 5 Bearing Tips articles of 2022

<p><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">2023 is finally here and the staff at Bearing Tips can’t wait to continue bringing you the best bearing-related content available. But before we do that, we want to give 2022 a proper send-off. So here’s a recap of the 5 articles that most captured your attention on Bearing Tips this year.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br/></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">5.&nbsp;Thordon Bearings has unveiled the BlueWater Seal</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Thordon Bearings has unveiled the BlueWater Seal, a new propeller shaft seal with a unique Safe Return to Port (SRTP) design that specifically meets commercial shipping industry needs for a low-maintenance and robust shaft seal.&nbsp;</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><img src="/ueditor/php/upload/image/20230104/1672814894116155.png" title="1672814894116155.png" alt="3.png"/></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">4.&nbsp;What are the precision levels available for ball and <a href="https://www.wswbearings.com/products/Roller-Bearings/879.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 112, 192); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"><strong>roller bearings</strong></span></a>?</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Most applications involving radial bearings use one or more types of ball or roller bearings, which are available in various precision levels known as tolerance classes.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><img src="/ueditor/php/upload/image/20230104/1672814902117984.png" title="1672814902117984.png" alt="3.4.png"/></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">3.&nbsp;What makes a high-quality underwater bearing?</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">There is a common misconception that all corrosion-resistant bearings are suitable for underwater use, but this is not the case. Underwater robots, drones, propeller shafts, and submerged conveyors all require application-specific design considerations and specialist bearings.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br/></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">2.&nbsp;Sapphire and ruby balls: miniature, precise, and non-magnetic</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">A full line of miniature high-precision sapphire and ruby balls for use in instruments, metering equipment, and other precision mechanisms where low friction bearings, long-life, and dimensional accuracy are important, have been introduced by Meller Optics, Inc. of Providence, Rhode Island.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br/></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">1.&nbsp;New high-performance <a href="https://www.wswbearings.com/products/ball-bearings/534.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 112, 192); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"><strong>ball bearing</strong></span></a> from Schaeffler</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">&nbsp;They literally move the world as no powertrain can do without bearings ─ be it electric cars, hybrid vehicles, or internal combustion engines. Schaeffler has now developed a special high-performance ball bearing with an integrated centrifugal disc.&nbsp;</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="/ueditor/php/upload/image/20230104/1672814912568492.png" title="1672814912568492.png" alt="3.1.png"/></p>