D design bearings (fig. 1) are designed to accommodate heavy loads at relatively high speeds under low to moderate operating temperatures. When compared to other precision angular contact ball bearings, D design bearings contain the maximum number and size of balls. Their close osculation provides a relatively high degree of stiffness and the highest possible load carrying capacity.
Applications
Typical applications for bearings in the 718 .. D series include:
machine tools, e.g. multispindle drilling heads (fig. 2)
robotics
printing
measuring systems
racing car wheels
Typical applications for bearings in the 719 .. D and 70 .. D series include:
machining centres (horizontal and vertical) (fig. 3)
milling machines
lathes (fig. 4)
external and surface grinding machines
boring machines
machines for cutting or polishing stones and glass
semiconductor industry, e.g. units for detecting defects on silicon wafer chips (fig. 5)
boat gyrostabilizers
telescopes
microturbines
racing/super car wheels
medical equipment