Articles for Automotive

The hidden side of needle roller bearings

There are many types of bearings, the most common being ball bearings, or tapered roller bearings, cylindrical or spherical roller bearings. Their design meets specific t... See more...

White Etching Cracks, what is it?

WEC is an unusual failure of the bearing surface characterized by a network of branched white cracks (White Etching Cracks). The material is weakened, specifically by the... See more...

“Stop-Start” engines, how do they work?

Faced with ever increasingly demanding environmental standards, vehicle manufacturers have been forced into finding new ways of reducing vehicle CO2 emissions produced by... See more...

How many bearings are there in a car?

This obviously depends on the model! We’ve nevertheless undertaken to give a rough count of the minimum number of bearings in a car. We counted 36. Here’s how we came up... See more...