Preloading a Bearing: What is Preloading, How to Preload, Why Should You Preload? What do we mean when we say “preload”? A bearing is designed to move freely and has multiple moving parts that work ...

Preload springs, spacers, and washers are meant to maintain tension in an assembly where some slack may be present. Their capabilities can eliminate rattle, compensate for expansion or contraction of ...

AST Bearings LLC is an ISO 9001:2008 certified company and supplier of precision bearings and bearing related products. John Wallace, Vice President of Operations for AST explains that in the case of ...

Belleville Washer A Belleville washer is a round compact spring that has been pressed into a dish, then hardened and tempered. Bowed / Curved Washer A bowed, or curved washer is a bent spring washer ...