Bearing Applications

While AST® Bearings has provided solutions for a wide number of industries, its applications expertise is even broader. AST specializes in providing solutions for some of the most challenging situations (and to some of the most mundane too). Our experience ranges greatly from dental hand tools to machine tools, from ultra-precise metering to escalators.

A partial list of the applications in which AST has extensiveexperience in providing cost effective solutions include:

Aviation Cargo Systems
Aerospace Wing Actuators
Anemometer
ATMs & Card Readers
Bicycles
Commercial Blenders
Dental Hand Tools
Electrical Motors
Engines
Escalators and Elevators
Fishing Reels
Flight Support Systems
Flow Meters
Galvanometers
Gas Engine Pull Start Assembly
Gas Meters
Gas Powered Motors
Hydraulic Cylinders
Industrial Blowers
Industrial Encoders
Industrial Meters

Industrial Mixers & Shakers
Intrusion Detection Systems
Material Handling Rollers
Medical Actuator
Medical Diagnostic Equipment
Medical Imaging Equipment
Medical Laser Surgery
Medical Surgical Tools
Off Highway Cranes
Optical Encoders
Plastic Card Printers
Power Hand Tools
Printing Rollers
Roller Doors
Scissor & Platform Lifts
Sensors & Potentiometers
Solar Panels Actuators
Stage Lighting
Surveillance Systems
Thermal Imaging Cameras
Transportation Turnstile Gates

Extreme Applications

AST Bearings specializes in bearings that must function flawlessly in extreme performance conditions. One of our premier bearing factories in Germany provides many solutions to challenging applications such as:

Miniature applications
High heat
Frigid temperatures
Chemicals
Salt
Blood
Sterilization
Radiation
High speed
Vibration
Vacuum environment

AST is uniquely able to leverage its cross-application experience to provide you the best possible products and services for your application. If you would like some assistance selecting exactly the right product for your application, please take advantage of AST's application engineering services – another value-added service from AST.