Aluminum Alloy Bearings
Aluminum Alloy Products are the Wave of the Future replacing leaded-bronze and babbitted bearings with their harmful lead and cadmium
Are you searching for an RoHS-compliant replacement for bearing alloys that contain high levels of lead and cadmium? Over the past 100 years, the aluminum industry has developed a number of application-specific alloys that utilize the lightweight and ready availability of this material.
It's time to go green
If your company is tapping into the ‘Green’ movement and you want reliable performance with less environmental impact, then you may find an excellent solution in Aluminum bearings. Aluminum alloys are more environmentally friendly than traditional bronze and babbited bearings and are suitable for food processing and other sensitive industries. And as new re-usage methods are developed, the recycling of aluminum alloys is providing ever increasing economic benefits.
Additional benefits
- One-third the weight of copper based alloys
- One-fourth the material cost of traditional bearings
- Highly resistant to corrosive agents in lubricants
- Heightened mechanical compatibility with steel
- Good conformability and embed ability
- Superior fatigue strength
- High-speed capability
- Withstand high-shock loads
Markets that are leaders in adopting Aluminum alloy to replace lead and cadmium.
- Automotive
- Transportation
- Packaging
- Oil prospecting equipment
- Construction
- Applications
Aluminum components are suitable for a wide range of applications.
- Linear guides
- Hydraulic pump bushings
- Compressors
- Track rolls
- Presses
- Industrial fans and blowers
- Internal combustion engines
- Seals
Benefit from our experience leading the high-tech aluminum alloy product sector
Wheeler Industries leads the field in the manufacturing and design of aluminum components for prototypes or high production runs. Choose the alloy that best meets your needs. It will be engineered to exacting SPC quality standards and provide you with years of service.
A850.1; A852.1
Suitable for compressors, seals, deflectors, track rolls, engines
A850-T5
Widely used in the automotive industry
ZA-6; ZA-12; ZA-27
Zinc-aluminum alloys are suitable for pulley, pumps, and mills
Move into the next industrial generation with Wheeler:
- Providing you with examples of successful Aluminum alloy implementations for industries like yours
- Giving you state-of-the-art designs for unique applications
- Standing behind our work with proven results
- Providing quick turnaround to minimize down time
When you want to position your company in the forefront, choose a company that’s a step ahead of the competition.