RBC Aerospace Bearings offers many specialty and custom designed gearbox and engine ball and roller bearings to the aerospace industry and all major OEMs. RBC’s gear
box and engine ball bearings are offered as radial, angular contact, single or double row, can be supplied as pairs or sets, and are offered with bore sizes from 1 inch to 25 inches. These bearings are offered as ABEC 1 through ABEC 7 precision grades, pre-loaded, corrosion protected, grease-lubricated, and are available with numerous separator, ball, shield, seal, and lubrication options. RBC’s gear box and engine roller bearings are offered as RBEC 1 through RBEC 5. Standard gear box and engine ball and roller bearings have either SAE 52100 or M50 steel rings and balls. RBC gear box and engine ball and roller bearings can be manufactured from other specialty bearing steels to provide corrosion resistance, high temperature capability, alternative load capacity, or chemical compatibility.
RBC has manufactured gear box and engine ball bearings from CRES 440C to provide corrosion resistance. As an alternative to CRES rings, the entire surface of the rings can be plated with thin dense chrome (TDC). This plating, which meets AMS 2438, achieves a molecular bond that will not flake, peel, or separate from the base material. Special RBC gear box and engine ball and roller bearings have been manufactured from BG42, M50 –NIL, other metals to meet customers’ application requirements. Some special ball materials include CRES 440C, silicon nitride, and M50 steel.