Bearing Lab Specification

• Makes bearing balls from liquid steel of correct composition. Small induction furnace as a start, part of Induction Furnace RLF
• Bearing housings - modular with threaded holes for interchangeability
• Collars with rapid-let go of shaft, shaft never seizes
• Round and cylindrical bearings
• Thrust bearing plates
• Bearing ball cages
• Mounting of shafts for lathes and wheels to 50k lb per wheel
• Addition of chain drive and sprockets from light duty 3D print to 50k lb drive torque from a 12 hp hydraulic motor
• Air bearing lathe for producing air bearings
• Lathe produces housings and produces the bearing roller
• Alloying furnace gets the right compositions
• Ceramic bearings for water based engines - not as thermal barrier coating [1] but rust resistance, enables water-based hydraulics
• Ball making of any size from bearing dust to 1" balls
• Automation to full materials handling with robot arms
• Precision angle generation for CNC-precision using stock components
• Hot rolled steel capacity for precision positioning to 1 mm at 1 meter radius rotating a 1000 lb load in a 1/4 second from any position ? Discuss
• Modular bearing design - various ball sizes can be used with the same plates. Modular cages. Tapers and flat contact points. Round and cylindrical bearings in these.
• Plastic and water proof bearings
• Water tight shaft seals
• Shaftless modular wheel systems - stub shafts only