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QOTD: What Should I Do with Old Bearings on My Shelf?

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QOTD: What Should I Do with Old Bearings on My Shelf?

Question: What Should I Do with Old Bearings on My Shelf?  

Some manufacturing facilities have storerooms that put distributors to shame, stocking thousands of SKUs ranging from belts and motors to bearings and entire assemblies.  How do you decide whether to use the spare, or send it to the scrap bin?

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5 Interchange Tools for Finding the Right Industrial Bearing

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5 Interchange Tools for Finding the Right Industrial Bearing
Industrial bearing part number codes can range from the basic - every manufacturer offers a 6205 open deep groove ball bearing - to the downright mind numbing - take example a SKF BT2B 332506/HA2 two row tapered roller bearing.  Manufacturers, distributors, aggregators, and end users have a range of resources available to identify bearings by their part numbers.

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