JW Winco Now Offers Expanded Range of Rod End Bearings

JW Winco, Inc., A Ganter Company, a leading supplier of standard industrial machine components, now has available an expanded range of Rod End Bearings, including GN 648.1/GN 648.2 Steel Zinc-Plated, Tapped Type or with Threaded Stem and GN 648.5/GN 648.6 Stainless Steel, Tapped Type or with Threaded Stem.

The GN 648.1 and the GN 648.2 zinc plated steel rod end bearings housing’s have a blue passivated finish. For the pairings, the bearing socket on the version where lubrication is possible is brass, while the self-lubricated version is steel, zinc plated. The internal ring for both is steel, hardened, ground, and polished.

The GN 648.5 and the GN 648.6 bearings have a stainless steel housing that is forged and polished. For the pairings, the version with the lubrication fitting features a bronze bearing socket with a steel internal ring that is hardened, ground, polished, and hard chrome plated. The two self-lubricated versions have pairings with a PTFE-insert, with one made of bronze and the other of stainless steel, with an internal ring that is also stainless steel

Rod end bearing are also known as a heim joint or rose joint or ball joint heads. Rod end bearing are a mechanical articulating joint that transmit traction and thrust from linkages and lever arms. Rod end bearing are used on the ends of control rods, steering links and tie rods.