ceramic ball bearinys advantages

Ceramic ball bearings are ball bearings that are made of ceramic rather than steel. A ball bearing is a piece of equipment that uses balls to reduce friction in a spinning system. The balls and rolling elements in a ball bearing are traditionally made of steel. However, ceramic ball bearings have emerged and are being used in a variety of applications. Some examples of products that use ceramic ball bearings are inline skates, skateboards, hard drives and motorcycles. They are also used in industrial equipment, racing cars, and go-carts.
Ceramic bearings are typically constructed with a ferrous inner and outer ring or race with ceramic balls in the place of steel. Ceramic bearings offer many advantages over all steel bearings, such as higher speed and acceleration capability, increased stiffness, lower friction and more. Ceramic balls are also nonconductive. Ceramic bearings are available in all standard industry configurations such as, angular bearings, thrust bearing, pillow block bearing, needle bearings, and roller bearings.

Typical applications for ceramic ball bearings are like high temperature applications, friction, high speed, aircraft accessory, semiconductor and food processing, dental handpiece turbines. Many high speed electric motors requiring voltage isolation use cermic material bearings.