While Engineered Surfaces have been successfully applied to a variety of components, our first and most extensive experience is using these processes with anti-friction bearings. Timken research revealed that modifying the topography of a bearing’s contact surfaces resulted in significant improvement in overall performance.

Inadequate lubrication, poor maintenance, extreme operating environments and vibration can be detrimental to bearing performance. Engineered Surfaces enable bearings to better resist these potentially damaging environmental factors.

Real-world benefits have been demonstrated in rugged applications that include bearings used in aircraft landing gear, heavy equipment drive trains and industrial rolling mills.