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FAG Bearings

Pacific International Bearing distributes bearings for FAG Bearing, Barden Bearing, and INA Bearing. FAG Bearing, Barden Bearing, and INA Bearing fall under the Schaeffler Group’s Industrial Division umbrella of companies manufacturing standard and high precision bearings

FAG Bearings

FAG Bearings

PIB stocks a wide variety of FAG deep groove ball bearings. Developed in relation to low noise levels and low frictional torque, they are particularly suitable for use in electrical machinery, ventilators, washing machines and power tools.

FAG Bearings​

Company history

FAG Bearings was founded in 1872 as Friedrich Fischer by Friedrich Fischer in Schweinfurt, Germany. In 1885, Georg Schäfer had already taken the reins of Fischer’s company and expanded the company into the manufacturing of ball bearings. The original trademark name and brand of FAG was established in 1905, and had fully assimilated the factory Fischer had built in 1906, marking the beginnings of the FAG Bearing company we know of today had truly began. Decades of growth and influence followed these events until finally, in 2001, FAG was acquired by the Schaeffler Group and became Schaeffler KG in 2006 and became one of the world’s 1000 largest public companies.

FAG has had a long history of quality in all aspects of its manufacturing before and since being acquired by the Schaeffler Group, and has an innovative and effective system for state-of-the-art bearing production.

FAG refers to itself as a partner for making motion more efficient. Thanks to their assimilation with the Schaeffler Group, FAG is granted access to a network of global manufacturing, sales offices, and research locations, granting them incredible reach to supply rolling and plain bearing solutions to a broad range of industrial and automotive applications. Distribution companies such as Pacific International Bearing Sales Inc works alongside FAG and Schaeffler by stocking most of the popular FAG products sold in North America.

Where are FAG bearings made?

FAG manufactures bearings and other products within several manufacturing plants in the United States. FAG bearings are manufactured in Schaeffler’s two factories in Fort Mill, South Carolina, with other production plants in Danbury, Connecticut; Winsted, Connecticut; Joplin, Missouri; Wooster, Ohio; and Cheraw, South Carolina. FAG’s presence in the United States has been bolstered since 2001, when merged with Schaeffler and increased their reach to international levels. The acquisition by Schaeffler led to the expansive growth for FAG’s manufacturing operations in the United States and North America.

FAG, through the Schaeffler Group, has established R&D locations to support its customers and further improve upon its own technology for manufacturing. Schaeffler has created a Technology Center in Fort Mill, South Carolina, and an Innovation Center in Wooster, Ohio. Due to the development of the R&D laboratory and the Technology Center, FAG has committed to a full representation and support effort in North America. FAG brand bearings are also produced by manufacturing facilities in Stratford, Canada, Huejotzingo, Mexico, Irapuato, Mexico, and Puebla, Mexico, to add to support those already existing in the United States.

FAG &PIB partnership

FAG refers to itself as a partner for making motion more efficient. Thanks to their assimilation with the Schaeffler Group, FAG is granted access to a network of global manufacturing, sales offices, and research locations, granting them incredible reach to supply rolling and plain bearing solutions to a broad range of industrial and automotive applications. Distribution companies such as Pacific International Bearing Sales Inc works alongside FAG and Schaeffler by stocking most of the popular FAG products sold in North America.

FAG products

FAG’s Industrial Division supplies an extensive range of products such as rolling bearings, plain bearings, and linear motion components. FAG provides not only products but engineering and sales support to over 75 different Industrial sectors.

FAG Single-row deep groove ball bearings are available as open or sealed versions. FAG deep groove ball bearings are manufactured in radial and axial designs. FAG deep groove ball bearings are mainly manufactured to accommodate normal to remarkably high speeds and can handle radial and axial forces.

FAG single row ball bearing and fag thrust ball bearing or axial ball bearing
Fig.1 FAG single row ball bearing and fag thrust ball bearing or axial ball bearing

FAG Double-row deep groove ball bearings correspond with single-row deep groove ball bearings in design and are used when the radial load capacity of single-row deep groove ball bearings fall short.

Double-row angular contact ball bearings are manufactured for axial loads in both directions and high radial loads and used in bearing arrangements where rigid axial guidance is needed.

Double-row angular contact ball bearings have solid inner and outer rings and have ball and cage assemblies with polyamide, brass or sheet-steel cages. Double-row angular contact bearings are like a pair of single-row angular contact ball bearings in an “O” arrangement and are less wide than when used in pairs. Double-row angular contact bearings have different contact angles than singles because of the design of the bearing rings.

FAG Generation C deep groove ball bearings

Deep groove ball bearings of Generation C were developed for low noise levels and low frictional torque. FAG Generation C bearings are good to use in electrical machinery, ventilators, washing machines, and power tools. Design changes improving bearing kinematics, better seals and cages, and an improved manufacturing process have resulted in massively improved Generation C deep groove ball bearings.

FAG Generation C series
Fig.2 FAG Generation C series

FAG Double-direction axial angular contact ball bearings are precision bearings. Double direction axial angular contact ball bearings have solid shaft locating washers, spacer rings, housing locating washers, and ball and cage assemblies with solid brass cages. Bearing components are matched and can be fitted separately.

FAG double direction axial angular contact ball bearing
Fig.3 FAG double direction axial angular contact ball bearing

Spherical roller bearings are designed for applications with high loads. They are especially useful to accommodate shaft flexing and where misalignment compensation is needed. INA/FAG Spherical roller bearings are for high performance and carrying extreme, heavy loads.

FAG Ball bearing track rollers are specified to handle high radial loads and axial loads in both directions. FAG Ball bearing track rollers are self-retaining, single or double-row ball bearings.

FAG Crossed-Roller bearings are bearings which conform to ISO dimension series 18. FAG crossed roller bearings are used for high-precision applications, and its components are outer rings, inner rings, rolling elements, and plastic cages.

FAG crossed-roller bearings support radial loads and axial forces in both directions. Crossed roller bearings are rigid in construction, which makes this type of bearing good for tilting moment loads and combination loads. This type of bearing has high running accuracy and can be supplied with a preload.

FAG/INA crossed roller bearing
Fig. 4 FAG/INA crossed roller bearing

FAG Four-point contact bearings are single-row angular contact ball bearings and requiring less space due the small cross section. Four-point bearings made by FAG have either a brass or polyimide cage and a split inner ring. A split inner ring allows for a larger complement of balls than standard designed ball bearings.

FAG Spindle bearings are single-row high precision angular contact ball bearings. The bearings have either open or sealed design options. Typical applications for FAG four-point contact bearings are High Precision Machine tool and Spindles.

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