Cam Followers

Product Details:

Smith Bearing is a registered trademark of Accurate Bushing Company. With over 50 years’ experience in designing and manufacturing precision needle roller bearings, we can handle your requirements for standard aerospace and industrial bearings, as well as custom manufactured special bearings, assemblies, and bushings.

Cam Follower Needle Roller Bearings in Inch & Metric sizes, Stainless Steel Cam Followers for special corrosive applications, Cam Followers with self-lubricating engineered plastic bushings, Smith-Trax with tapered roller bearings and deep-groove ball bearings for high-thrust load applications, Aerospace and Military approved Needle Roller Bearings for engine and airframe applications, Spherical Plain Bearings, Drill Jig Bushings and Specialty Aerospace products and assemblies.

As well as their existing product line, we are ready to assist you with the manufacture of custom-made products, precision machine components and assemblies. ISO 9001 and AS 9100 registered.

Smith Bearing serves the global market place with a network of Industrial and Aerospace distributors, manufacturing plants and sales offices throughout the world. The structure of our operation affords us the ability to give highly personalized attention to every customer. Most importantly, this structure gives us the ability to respond immediately to our customers request as well as providing highly cost-effective products.

Smith Bearing has a fully-integrated manufacturing facility capable of producing high-precision needle roller bearings for both the Aerospace and Industrial market. Our computerized (CNC) grinding and precision machining centres, considered to be the most advanced in the industry are capable of manufacturing a wide range of products to exacting tolerances in order to meet the needs of our customers. Their advanced metallurgical department routinely verifies and tests all raw materials, plating and heat-treating processes used in the manufacturing of our products. This careful analysis and scrutiny in each phase of our procedure assures proper conformance to all Aerospace requirements and guarantees that only materials meeting our rigid standards are used in Smith Bearing products.

·         Stud Type Industrial Cam Followers

·         Yoke Type Industrial Cam Followers

·         Metric Stud Type Industrial cam followers

·         Metric Yoke Type Industrial Cam Followers

·         SMITH-TRAX Bearings

·         SMITH-TRAX Metric Bearings

SMITH-TRAX Shafts

Smith-Trax Precision Carbon Steel Heavy Duty Shafts are designed and manufactured to tight tolerances to guarantee the most efficient product fit and reliability with Smith-Trax Yoke Type Track Rollers. Smith-Trax heavy Duty Shafts removes the need for customer fabrication.

Aerospace Bearings

Approved to manufacture to military and aerospace specifications meeting the standards of AS-3990. Their engine bearings are used in thrust reversers, after burners and divergent nozzles. Their airframe bearings are used in flap-tracks, canopies and landing gear.

 

Product Details:

RBC Cam Follower Bearing produces a full line of cam followers from 1/2 to 10 inch outside diameter sizes. Technical innovation and cost-saving features have distinguished RBC cam followers from competitors. Contact RBC engineers for assistance in solving difficult bearing challenges in your application.

RBC Cam Follower Bearing:

• RBC
• RBY

RBC Cam Follower Bearing:

• S - Slotted Head
• S - L - Slotted Head and Sealed
• S - LW - Hexlube - relubricatable hex head

RBC Cam Follower Bearing Standard Stud Series:

• CS - L - Slotted Head and Sealed
• CS - LW - Hexlube - relubricatable hex head

Cam-Centric Adjustable Cam Followers:

• S - LWX - Cylindrical Hexlube - relubricatable hex head
• CS - LWX - Crowned Hexlube - relubricatable hex head

RBC Cam Follower Bearing - Heavy Stud:

• H - Slotted Head
• H - L - Slotted Head and Sealed
• H - LW - Hexlube - relubricatable hex head

Product Details:

IKO Cam Follower Bearing Type This is the basic form of cam follower. Line up of size variations range from and they can be used for a very broad range of applications.

IKO Cam Follower Stud Type CFES:

Since the stud is designed with eccentricity, by rotating the stud, alignment is possible, and adjustments can be made easily so that the load distribution to the outer ring outside diameter surface will be uniform. It is an eccentric cam follower with integrated structure in which attachment can be made to the same attachment holes as the Standard Cam Follower. The amount of eccentricity is 0.25 mm - 0.6 mm.

IKO Cam Follower CFE:

Since eccentric collar is fixed to the stud, positioning in the radial direction against the opposing track surface can be conducted easily.

IKO CAM Follower CF.W:

Since a special synthetic resin thrust washer that has excellent wear resistance and heat resistance is built into the sliding contact portions among both shoulder portions of the outer ring and stud head as well as the side plate, it will receive axial load of the outer ring generated by attachment errors, etc., and it has the effect of preventing wear and friction of the sliding surface.

IKO Cam Follower CF-RU1/CF-FU1:

Since tap hole processing is conducted on the stud for centralized piping, it is most suitable for places where centralized piping of oil supply is necessary.

IKO CAM Follower CFS Type:

This is a bearing that has extremely fine needle-type rollers built into the outer ring, and it is designed compactly so that the outside diameter of the outer ring is small in comparison with the stud diameter. It is used in electronics parts machinery, OA (Office Automation) equipment and small index devices.

IKO CAM Follower Heavy Duty NUCF:

This is a full complement roller bearing that has double row cylindrical rollers built into the outer ring. It is able to receive large radial load and a certain amount of axial load.

Product Details:

INA Cam Follower Bearing including KR, KRE & KRV stud type Cam follower bearings, as well as NUKR & NUKRE type Cam follower bearings. They are all available in INA brand.

The outer rings of regular ball and roller bearings are typically mounted in rigid housings providing support around the entire circumference. Individual roller forces are transmitted through the outer ring directly into the housing with no major deformations.

By contrast, cam followers and yoke rollers are supported at a single point on their circumference. Individual roller forces produce bending moments on the outer ring around the point of contact. The effects are outer ring deformation with reversed bending stresses in dynamic applications, a reduced load zone, and a higher maximum roller load.

INA Cam Followers:

To keep deformation to a minimum, the outer ring of a cam follower must have a considerably heavier cross section than a standard bearing. This requirement conflicts with the desire for maximum dynamic bearing capacity requiring as large of a roller diameter as possible.

Product Details:

Osborn Cam Follower, INC., a division of Jason, Inc., evolved from the Osborn Manufacturing Corp. Osborn Manufacturing had grown into the world’s largest manufacturer of industrial brushes and foundry machines by the 1940s. The firm was organized and founded in 1887 by a group of investors headed by John Osborn and has evolved as the leader in idler roller & cam follower innovation.

Flanged Crowned Eccentric Stud Plain Yoke Flanged Eccentric Stud V-Groove Concentric Stud Flanged YokeV-Groove Eccentric Stud Heavy Duty Shafts V-Groove Yoke Plain Concentric Stud

CAM RUNNER® idler-rollers give designers a new way to control linear motion and support the lighter loads that don’t require the heavy-duty performance of Osborn’s Load Runners idler-rollers. Although they’re dimensionally interchangeable with conventional needle-bearing cam followers, they provide important performance features no needle-bearing can deliver.No lubrication, no contamination

Load Rails Osborn Load Rails are hardened on the rolling surface to 60-65 Rc and offer rail loadings of up to 71.500 lbs (317450 N) per roller.
Load Runners Styles Each of the new styles of Osborn Load Runners was originally developed as a "special" to satisfy the requirements of extraordinary loads and severe environments. And each has been proven in thousands of hours of customer applications. NYLON TREAD Cost-effective performance in applications requiring a non-metallic outer face.

URETHANE TREADProven in special applications calling for a wear-resistant, non-metallic rolling surface.STAINLESS STEELUse where corrosive or other conditions make standard steel rollers unsuitable.
HIGH-TEMPERATUREFor ovens, galvanizing lines, heat treat furnaces and industrial dryers. Solid Lubricant Now Available Osborn's latest innovation in the Load Runner line is the addition of MicroPoly® solid lubricant to the bearing assemblies. It is now available for special Load Runners orders, for hard-to-service or extra-heavy-duty applications.

Product Details:

THK Cam Follower Bearing is a compact bearing with a high-rigidity shaft and a built-in needle bearing. Most suitable as a guide roller for cam mechanisms and linear motion of automated machines and dedicated machines.

THK Model CF:

This model is a low-price Cam Follow having a driver groove or hexagon socket in the stud head. The all-stainless steel type (symbol M) is optimal for clean room applications since it does not develop rust from external atmosphere and generates little dust.

THK Model CFT:

Basically the same as the popular type Cam Follower, this model is provided with tapped holes for piping on the stud head and the thread. It is optimal for locations where an integrated piping system for greasing is required.

THK Model CFH:

This model can be installed in the same mounting hole as that of the popular type Cam Follower. Since the mounting shaft of the stud and the stud head are eccentric by 0.25 mm to 1.0 mm, the position of this model can easily be adjusted simply by turning the stud. Thus, it is a compact, highly accurate eccentric cam follower with an integral structure.

THK Model CFN:

Based on the popular type Cam Follower, this model is incorporated with thrust load balls. It is capable of receiving an axial load generated by a mounting error.

Product Details:

Carter Manufacturing specializes in prototyping and manufacturing high precision bearings for both standard and specialized applications in industries such as chemical, food processing and industrial. Carter maintains a large inventory of all of their standard bearings which means they can meet your needs promptly.

Carter Bearing, with headquarters in Grand Haven, Michigan manufactures cam followers designed to meet customer needs all over the world.  Carter Bearing also has the ability to produce custom bearings to fill the needs of any size customer from small end user to large OEM outfits.

• Carter Neverlube™ Cam Followers and Cam Yoke Rollers

Carter's advanced design self-lubricating sleeve bearing provides continuous, dependable lubrication for the life of the unit. This advanced design self-lubricatng sleeve bearing has a heat-treated steel roller with machined lubrication reservoirs that are pre-filled with specially developed lube mixtures. As the bearing operates, this lubrication penetrates through a porous inner sintered bronze bushing by capillary action providing continuous, dependable lubrication for the life of the bearing.

The permanent lubrication not only eliminates leakage due to over-lubricaton, but the plastic lube mixture reverts to its original consistency when the bearing is not in use,Carter Unsealed Crowned Cam Follower preventing any leakage. This is an important advantage in applications such as food processing and pharmaceutical manufacturing. Because there are no internal moving elements, Neverlube™ bearings offer trouble-free operation in a wide variety of applications, including situations where the equipment is subject to frequent wash downs. Neverlube™ bearings offer many important benefits to engineers who are developing new equipment for special applications, or redesigning existing equipment to achieve competitive advantages such as lower cost and longer service life.

The simplified design of Neverlube™ bearings can mean lower cost - The self-lubricating feature also helps reduce maintenance costs and assures adequate lubrication at all times, greatly reducing the possibility of bearing failure and unscheduled downtime. In addition, the Hex Socket, which is an important aid to easy installation and replacement, and which is normally an "extra," is included at no extra cost.

Additional Information:

• Production Capacity: MAX

Product Details:

NTN track roller complete with stud instead of inner ring, which is designed to operate with its outer ring rolling on the track. These NTN stud type track rollers are applied to eccentric roller, guide roller, rocker arm roller,etc. Similarly to the roller followers. One end of the stud is threaded and the hexagonal nut is used to be mounted easily.The cam follower types marked with a suffix including “F” are product per new standard specification. They are identically to the conventional products in terms of fitting method and lubrication method, but boast improved functionality through crowned rollers and special heat treatment.

Following type track roller are available:

• KRM XH
• KRMV XH type
• KR H type
• KRT type
• KRVT type
• KRU type
• KRVU type
• NUKR H type
• NUKRT type
• NUKRU type
• CR H type
• CRV H type

Product Details:

McGILL Unmounted bearing assembly consisting of hardened precision ground inner and outer raceways with either full complement or separated needle, ball, tapered or cylindrical rolling elements constructed with an integral stud or precision ground bore. Cam follower bearings provide an anti-friction solution for translating rotation to linear motion or supporting either pure radial or combination thrust loads depending on the rolling element types.

McGill CAMROL Cam Followers:

McGill® CAMROL® full complement needle bearings feature black oxide treated bearing steel, and are available in two basic mounting styles for use in mechanical automation or linear motion applications.

McGill Corrosion Resistant Cam Followers:

McGill® CAMROL® full complement needle bearings feature 400 series stainless steel material and are available in two basic mounting styles for use in mechanical automation or linear motion applications.

McGill TRAKROL Cam Followers:

TRAKROL® bearings feature black oxide treated bearing steel and utilize either a precision ball or tapered roller bearing insert for longer operating life under combination radial and thrust loads.

McGill Heavy Duty Cam Followers:

McGill Heavy-Duty CAMROL® bearings are full complement cylindrical roller bearings featuring black oxide treated bearing steel, available in two basic mounting styles (stud or yoke) for use mechanical automation or linear motion applications.

McGill Special-Duty Cam Followers:

Special-Duty CAMROL bearings are available feature black oxide treated bearing steel in both inch and metric sizes for your motion control needs.

Product Details:

Formed in 1961, Japan Nose Seiko is one of Japan's premier manufacturers of cam follower bearings (including miniature cam followers). Products include machined needle roller bearings, cam followers, roller followers, and engineered specials :

• All products offered in chrome and stainless steel
• Products available in S0-S4 heat treatment
• Produces for major bearing manufacturer
• JNS' "Factory of the Future" is outfitted with a production system incorporating state-of-the-art equipment and intelligent functions
• Bearings feature high precision as well as superior rigidity and durability
• Products favourable in industries such as automotive, construction, robotics, semiconductor, and steel mill applications
• Focus is on continuous caster and other steel mill related applications

 

Series Highlights 

• CFS..A, CF..A, CF-SFU , CF..AB
• NUCF, CF, CF..B, CFH ..A
• CFH..AB, CFH, CFH..B, CFT
• CFT..A, CR

 

The Cam Followers is a highly rigid bearing, which consist of needle rollers between a shaft and a thick outer ring.

The thick outer ring is capable of bearing both large radial load and impact load while keeping direct contact with the guiding surface.

 

MINIATURE TYPE

The outside diameter of the outer ring is small compared to the stud diameter. Therefore, the bearings are used in compact product design.

EASY MOUNTING TYPE

The bearing has a stepped tapered portion on the stud, which makes its installation easy by just fixing a set screw to the stepped portion.

 

STANDARD TYPE

ECCENTRIC TYPE

The bearing shaft’s mounting part and the bearing part are eccentric. It is possible to adjust the distance between the bearing and the track by turning the shaft.

 

TAP HOLE TYPE

The bearing has tap hole for piping, which can be used in a concentrated lubrication system.

 

FULL COMPLEMENT DOUBLE ROW TYPE

The bearing has a full complement of cylindrical rollers in double row. It is capable of carrying large radial load.

 

S Lube Needle Bearings

S Lube Needle Bearings are bearings with solid-type lubricant moulded into the bearings.

S Lube is lubricant made of lubrication oil and ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene that are solidified by heat treatment. It contains a large amount of lubrication oil. This type of solid lubricant allows the bearing to have a long service life by providing it with consistent lubrication oil in a proper amount.

 

Characteristics

* Corrosion-resistant stainless materials

  Stainless needle bearings are suitable for use in industries where corrosion resistance is needed such as medical device, food machinery, printing machinery and packaging      machinery. This product is also available in standard steel type.

 

* Minimizes condemnation of the surrounding environment

  The optimized solid lubricant structure retains oil in the bearing thus minimize the oil leakage.

 

* Strong protection against ingress of water and dusts

  Structurally it prevents against ingress of contaminants. Even if it touches water the lubricant will not be washed out. The stainless type will further resist corrosion and  damages against water.

 

* Maintenance free

 

  Since the bearing supports consistent lubricant oil supply, lubrication maintenance is reduced over long-term use.