Kaydon Bearing Solutions for Demanding Medical Industry Applications
Meet your specific requirement with our thin section bearing solutions.
Applications in the medical industry come with complex design challenges. Depending on the application, requirements may include reduced noise levels, high running accuracy or low friction.
Highly customised Reali-Slim four-point contact ball bearings are designed and manufactured to specific customer requirements for precise control of running torque, low noise level, serviceability and reduced maintenance.
In response to increased speed of medical gantry systems, SKF brand Kaydon offer high-speed bearings that can reduce friction and provide a low noise level. The bearings are designed to use the most appropriate materials to achieve performance levels required for the application.
Medical Devices and Machines
Advances in medical devices and machines require components that take up significantly less space. Kaydon thin section bearings can be found in a range of applications from robotic surgery machines to artificial limbs and exoskeletons to personal-assist robots.
Medical Diagnostic and Treatment Machines
Kaydon bearings are designed and manufactured to meet specific customer requirements and medical machine standards for computed tomography (CT) scanners, oncology treatment equipment and blood analysers. For CT scanners, SKF offers highly customised Reali-Slim four-point contact ball bearings and sets of two angular contact ball bearings.