Ceramic ball and roller bearings are used when high temperature, marginally lubricated conditions...
ceramic ball and roller bearings are used when high temperature, marginally lubricated conditions occur. The bearings can be made lubrica high speed, or ,mics or just the ball and rollers, in which case they are referred trom c to as hybrid bearings include aureybrid bearings (Fig. 11.25). Examples of machines utilizing ceramic and ubid bearings include high-performance machine-tool spindles (see Section 8.13), l-can seaming heads, high-speed flow meters, and the Space Shuttle main hooster rocket's liquid oxygen and hydrogen pump sy of Timken, Inc.