AST Bearings’ QMS is ISO 9001:2008 and AS9100 Rev C certified.
At a time when many companies have yet to even qualify for AS9100 Rev C, AST Bearings has already successfully completed its annual “Surveillance Audit” for the new more stringent standard for Quality Management Systems. On May 3, 2012, AST successfully completed the audit which included facilities on both the east and west coasts. The audit was was performed by Perry Johnson Registrars, Inc., one of the world’s foremost authorities in quality certification.
Of note, according to IAQG’s Online Aerospace Supplier Information System (OASIS) database, AST Bearings was the first bearing company in the world to Read More »
AST Bearings has a newly created position ideal for a recent graduate in Mechanical Engineering. To support our continued growth, we are expanding our technical sales capabilities and are looking for a BSME interested in technical sales. The job title is “Technical Sales Engineer, Bearings“ This new position interfaces with customers, prospects, factories world-wide, and our in-house engineering and design department providing excellent visibility and multiple career paths. Read More »
Did you know that Montville, New Jersey (the location of AST Bearings’ headquarters) was recently named the 17th best small town in the United States in which to live? That’s right, Money Magazine named Montville the 17th best small town in the entire country to live in… the number one small town in all of New Jersey.
Money Magazine’s selection criteria included towns with populations between 8,500 and 50,000, and considered median family incomes, quality of life, real estate, education, and much more.
Just in time for the holidays and new year, AST Bearings now has over 10,000 bearing products included on their interactive online catalog (10,024 products to be exact) in 8 product categories and 40 sub-categories. Each has downloadable 3D CAD models available free of charge and includes full specifications. AST just completed a major update to the catalog by adding or updating nearly 1,000 products over the past month or so. Please check it out and let us know what you think of it. Learn more…
CAD Drawing of a Steel-on-Steel Spherical Plain Bearing with Extended Inner Ring
Spherical Plain Bearings are also sometimes referred to as “Spherical Plane Bearings, Spherical Ball Bushing Bearings, or Ball Bushings. They are manufactured in a wide variety of materials and are designed to offer bearing solutions in almost any operating environment. Spherical Plain Bearings are suitable for heavy-duty, off-highway vehicles, agricultural equipment, and are used in equipment in heavy industries such as construction, mining, and logging along with the hydraulic equipment using in packaging, textiles, and robotics industries.
Spherical Plain Bearings – Characteristics
Spherical Plain Bearings have an inner ring with a sphere convex outside surface and an outer ring with a correspondingly sphere, but concave inside surface. Their design makes them particularly suitable for bearing arrangements where alignment movements between shaft and housing have to accommodate, or where oscillating or recurrent tilting movements must be permitted at relatively slow sliding speeds.
New Technical Papers Are Now Available on Spherical Plain Bearings
AST Bearings publishes 7 new technical papers on Spherical Plain Bearings
AST Bearings in support of educating engineers and designers has just published seven new technical papers which help describe Spherical Plain Bearing characteristics. These papers are available now for reading and downloading:
AST Bearings has a "professional group" on Linkedin
Just about everyone knows that LinkedIn is a business oriented social networking site launched in May 2003 and is mainly used for professional networking.
But you may not have known that AST Bearings has a Professional Group where other LinkedIn member can request to join. Members of this group will receive periodic messages and updates about AST Bearings and bearing related information including open job positions.
Just about everyone knows that Facebook is a social network service and website launched in February 2004. You probably even have an account.
But you may not have known that AST Bearings has a Facebook Fan Page. Now you can to keep up-to-date on the latest about AST Bearings directly from your Facebook account.
Just about everyone knows that Twitter is a social networking and micro-blogging service created in 2006 which allows short messages (tweets) to be sent which are no more than 140 characters.
But, did you know that AST Bearings has an active Twitter account? That’s right, now you can stay up-to-date on the very latest “stream of consciousness” from AST. Just click on the “Follow” button below to become a follower of AST’s tweets and retweets.
AST Bearings recently exhibited at the National Manufacturing Week Show. The booth featured products from miniature and instrument ball bearings all the way up to large bore bearings.
In this video, AST’s Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Dan Fox, explains that applications for these products are widely varied from medical and other high tech industries to off-road construction and agricultural equipment. Mechanical sub assemblies are also mentioned along with the full service capabilities of AST Bearings including in-house application engineering and bearing design.
So, “Who or what is AST Bearings?” you may ask and “what’s in it for me?” Well, if your work involves bearings, especially if you are a mechanical engineer or designer or a purchasing agent, then you should know us. AST Bearings is the premier bearing supplier located in the United States providing bearing products and related services to an extraordinary wide range of clients. We know bearings… it’s all we do (Sorry… no sprockets, no chains, no gears, no belts, nor other motion products – just bearings).
What Makes AST Bearings Different?
The word that most aptly describes who AST Bearings is as a company is “value.” Simplistically, value can be defined as Read More »
So, “Who or what is AST Bearings?” you may ask and “what’s in it for me?” Well, if your work involves bearings, especially if you are a mechanical engineer or designer or a purchasing agent, then you