Low Noise Bearings

If you were given the choice between two products that both do exactly the same job but with one difference; one has low noise, in fact it is almost silent whereas the other is noisy, which product would you choose to do the job for you?

I’m guessing the overwhelming answer to this question is the product with little or no noise. No one is going to buy or use a product that is noisy when they know they have the option of a product that is exactly the same but softer where the noise level is concerned. It is due to this that there is a demand across a wide range of industries for quieter products, tools and machinery. This demand has increased in recent years and one of main reasons for this is that quietness adds value to consumer goods such as office equipment and factory equipment as lets face it, no one wants to work in an unnecessarily noisy environment.

Over the past years improvements and developments have been made to the way in which products, tools and machinery can operate; including how to make them quieter. One way in which this can be achieved is through low noise bearings. Low noise and high precision running is considered to be of crucial importance for bearings, especially when they are used in products such as electric motors, fans and precision-engineered mechanical component. It is very important that if damage is caused to a bearing in a product, tool or machinery it is replaced as it can cause noise or it may act as a transmitter.

Some examples of the most popular and commonly used low noise bearings are as follows:

• Automotive Bearings – these provide low noise as well as low vibrations. As the name states this type of low noise bearings can mainly be found within automobiles.
• Pulley Ball Bearings – this type of bearing is considered to be of a high precision class with low noise and again, low vibrations.
• Deep Grove Ball Bearings – you will often find that this is small in size as well as being a low noise bearing.
• Inserted Super-Grinding Ball Bearings – you will find that these ball bearings are taper plastic roller coated as well as being low noise and having a long lifespan.

The concept of a bearing is to permit constrained relative motion between two parts; this is typically rotation or linear movement. Also the way in which bearings may be classified are according to the motions that they allow and to their principle of operation as well as the directions of the applied loads that they can handle.

The quieter a bearing can be the better. They usually come in three classifications of noise, which are as follows:

• High band – 1,800 - 10,000 Hz
• Medium band – 300 - 1,800 Hz
• Low band – 50 - 300 Hz

When most people have a product, tool or piece of machinery that is excessively noisy they generally think that there is something wrong with it; in many cases this noise is normal as it is caused by aspects such as electric motors or other rotating parts. When this is the case the item may vibrate, which can cause it to shake. One way in which this can be stopped is through the introduction of a low noise bearing.

Low noise bearings are defiantly worth the investment so start looking into them today and see how they can change the products, tools and machinery that you use in your everyday life and your industry.

If you are currently looking for Low Noise Bearings then look no further than Howcroft Industrial Supplies. As established UK providers of specialist industrial products you are bound to find the Bearings you are looking for.