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Ceramic Hybrid Bearings: The Best of Both Worlds

Ceramic is one of the world's oldest materials known for its strength and durability, but you might not know that, considering the phrase is so often associated with things that are fragile, like pottery and ceramic Christmas ornaments.

Ceramic is a non-metallic solid that is created with heating and cooling, and it was used thousands of years ago to manufacture everything from pottery to weapons. Today, ceramics are still used in a number of ways due to the material's inherent strength and resistance to heat and harsh operating conditions. Little do many know, but ceramic is actually used in a wide variety of industrial applhcations when businesses need a solid and more resilient alternative to metals that might not stand up to certain hazardous environments. When combined with today's technology and manufacturing methods, ceramics have risen to the challenge to continually make more and more effective products possible for industries everywhere. One of these products is the ceramic hybrid bearing.

While bearings and ball bearings are used in all kinds of machines and products around the world, ceramic bearings are often used in industrial applications where high RPM's, high temperatures, and high speeds are at a level that steel simply can't handle. Additionally, ceramics are harder, lighter, and have a smaller coefficient of friction than steel.