Increase Service Life (Product)
GGB offers a complete range of high performance plain bearings that can meet and exceed service life requirements for numerous applications with rotating, oscillating and sliding movements and under...
View ArticleIncrease Efficiency (Product)
GGB`s high performance bearings offer improved energy efficiency thanks to the exceptionally low friction properties of PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) which is incorporated in the bearing sliding layer...
View ArticleReplace Roller Bearings (Product)
Design engineers are increasingly replacing roller or needle bearings with plain bearings in a wide range of applications. Due to the simplicity of their design and cost effectiveness, plain bearings...
View ArticleReduce Size / Weight (Product)
GGB offers a complete range of different types of high performance plain bearings in order to meet operating requirements of numerous applications and in diverse and difficult operating conditions such...
View ArticleSimplify Assembly (Product)
With their one piece compact design, GGB`s high performance bearings are simple to assemble into the housing compared to, for example, rolling element bearings or other bearing assemblies.
View ArticleEliminate Corrosion (Product)
GGB offers a range of products that can operate in corrosive conditions. For example, GGB`s high performance bearing range of filament wound bearings GAR-MAX®, GAR-FIL®, HSG™, MEGALIFE® XT and SBC™...
View ArticleReduce Noise (Product)
With a bearing structure comprised of polymer PTFE (polytetrafluoro-ethylene) and non-metallic anti-wear additives in the sliding layer of the bearing, metal-to-metal contact between the GGB bearing...
View ArticleNASA’s Curiosity Rover, GGB Bearings Mark Their First Martian-Year...
On June 24, NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover, which is fitted with metal-polymer bearings from GGB Bearing Technology, completed the first 687-day Martian year of its mission. It landed on the red planet on...
View ArticleGGB Extends Range of Self-Lubricating Sinter Bronze and Sinter Iron Bearings...
GGB Bearing Technology, formerly Glacier Garlock Bearings, now offers an extended range of self-lubricating sinter bronze and sinter iron bearings.
View ArticleExtreme Conditions a Challenge for Industrial Bearing Manufacturers (News)
Bearing Challenges in the Food & Beverage Industries - The food and beverage industries present unique problems and challenges to bearing manufacturers. Baking 10,000 pies a day, for example,...
View ArticleSteel Cooling Beds Feature Durable Bearings That Withstand Temperatures Up to...
Steel producers are known for their massive steel plants, many of which feature rolling mill divisions tasked with carrying out the tedious process of transforming cast slabs, blooms, and billets into...
View ArticlePlain Bearings Offer Performance, Economic Advantages Over Rolling-Element...
Plain bearings are replacing rolling-element bearings in a wide range of products including pumps, wind turbines, and equipment for agriculture and construction. Once it was thought that complex parts...
View ArticleGGB’s Antifriction Bearings Improve Efficiency Within Aerospace, Automotive &...
Antifriction bearings, as the name implies, are able to reduce friction between surfaces, improve machine efficiency and offer excellent wear performance over a vast variety of loads, speeds and...
View ArticleHPMB® Bearings Approved by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for Hydropower...
HPMB® fiber-reinforced composite bearings are the latest innovation solution from GGB Bearing Technology, manufactured by an intricate filament winding process.
View ArticleGGB’s EP™ Plastic Bearings Provide Innovation and Reliability (News)
GGB Bearing Technology, the global leader in high performance bearing solutions, has created a new video to highlight the company’s EP™ tribological solutions. GGB’s EP™ series of self-lubricating...
View ArticleGGB Bearing Solutions for the Automotive Industry (News)
Engineering news website Industry Tap recently published an article that details GGB Bearing Technology’s bearing solutions for the automotive industry, including our popular DP31 and DP4 bearings:...
View ArticleGGB plain bearing solutions for Railroad Industry featured in IndustryTap (News)
Engineering and industry news website Industry Tap recently featured an article that details GGB`s bearing solutions for the railroad industry, including our versatile, high-performance fiber...
View ArticlePlain Bearings for Aerospace Applications Article (News)
Aerospace & Defense Technology, an engineering magazine that covers advances in aerospace and military design engineering, recently featured an article that showcases how GGB’s plain bearings are...
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