Kaydon Reali-Slim bearings were designed to fill the needs of the modern design concepts of simplicity, miniaturization, weight reduction, and compactness applied to a wide variety of rotating devices.

Before the introduction of Reali-Slim bearings, designers were forced to use bushings or select bearings from the lightest bearings then commercially available, the standard "Light", "Extra-Light", and "Extrememly Light" series - which often had undesirable cross sections, and excess weight.

Reali-Slim bearings overcome the problems of excess weight and size in bearings, shafts, and housings.

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