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What is a Plane Bearing? Or is it a Plain Bearing?

First let’s settle this important question, is it a “plane” bearing or a “plain” bearing? And survey says? Both spellings are correct, although this...

Causes of Bearing Failure – See the Video

Of all of the questions we receive about bearings, one of the most-commonly asked is regarding the causes of bearing failure. Just why do bearings...

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Q&A - Can you review amorphous vs. crystalline polymers?

A recent customer visit found us reviewing the attributes of amorphous vs. crystalline polymers. I thought I’d share the information as a good...

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Plasma Treatment of Medical Filters

It is no secret that medical manufacturers are turning to plasma treatment to help them improve the performance of their products. Whether used to...

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3 Key Benefits of Surface Modification

Reading through some of our older posts, I noticed that we received some great feedback on our coverage of Plasma Surface Modification Improves Drone...

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Rulon Bearings in Vacuum Applications

Rugged Rulon 1337 for slide pads and rolling element retainers When a major manufacturer of vacuum chambers required a self-lubricating bearing to...

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Bearing Materials and Tribology Testing

I had an interesting conversation with a manufacturer this week regarding bearing materials and tribology testing. With so many counterfeit bearing...

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Tech Tip: How do I measure the surface tension of plastics?

Measuring surface tension can be done quite easily in the lab with the use of a goniometer (or surface contact meter). In fact, this is a key service...

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Tips to Bond Silicone Rubber to Aluminum

We’ve had a few questions lately about the best method of bonding rubber to aluminum before overmolding. It seems this bonding combination poses a...

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Counterfeit Rulon Bearings and Material Failure – What can go wrong?

Have you downloaded your free copy of our Rulon technical paper, How to Recognize Genuine and Avoid Counterfeit? This paper was developed as a...

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Q&A – Machining plastics – what do I need to know?

This question came into our Ask the Experts portal and it bears repeating. There are many variables when it comes to machining plastics that one must...

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Rulon Reels In Custom Fishing Components

Here’s a fishing tale about the one that didn’t get away! Our team worked with a high-end fishing manufacturer to design a whole new reel drag...