Following significant investment in new grinding and superfinishing machines, Barden’s manufacturing plant in Plymouth is now able to offer customers small batch, custom engineered cylindrical roller bearings manufactured to super precision standards up to 150mm outside diameter. Depending on the configuration of the bearing required, this diameter can be increased to 175mm.
Barden manufactures its bearings to ISO P4/P2 (ABEC 7/9) tolerance standards, which are the highest standards available in the industry today.
A high percentage of Barden bearings are tailor-made for specific applications. The company’s product range includes radial, single row, super precision, angular contact and deep groove ball bearings which meet and exceed ABEC 7/9 standards. Bearings are manufactured and controlled under strict aerospace procedures, providing full traceability, controlled lubrication and complete retention of records.
Manufactured bearing sizes range from 5mm to 150+mm outside diameter. The company is capable of manufacturing bearings to a geometric tolerance of P2 or better, and envelope dimensions to P4 or better. Raceway roundness can be better than 0.5µm, with raceway surface finish better than 0.03µm Ra.