Control of component differential hardness increases bearing life
Bearing fatigue life is maximized when the bearing ball or roller hardness is between one and two points greater than that of the bearing race as measured on the Rockwell C scale.
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Publications and source records attributed to Zaretsky, E. V..
Bearing fatigue life is maximized when the bearing ball or roller hardness is between one and two points greater than that of the bearing race as measured on the Rockwell C scale.
Measuring apparatus for studying ball bearing spinning friction
Effect of steel component hardness differences on bearing fatigue and load capacity
Surface failure of titanium carbide cermet and silicon carbide ball in rolling contact at temperatures to 2,000-deg f
Elastohydrodynamic lubrication in rolling contact bearing fatigue
Five-ball fatigue tester and rolling-contact disk machine used to study elastohydrodynamic lubrication effect on fatigue life
Rolling contact fatigue experiments conducted on the fatigue spin rig and the five-ball fatigue tester