Explaining the History of Bearings.

Timeline of Bearings History

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2600 BC – The Ancient Egyptians use a form of roller bearings to help move stone pieces during construction of the Pyramids

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40 BC – Early example of a wooden ball bearing supporting a rotating table was retrieved from the remains of a Roman ship in Lake Nemi, Italy

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1500 AD – Leonardo da Vinci described a type of ball bearing

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1794 – First patent for ball race by Philip Vaughn of Carmarthen, Wales

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1839 Isaac Babbit invented an anti-friction alloy with a low melt temperature

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1883 – FAG begins grinding balls of equal size and roundness forming the creation of an independent bearing industry

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1898 – First patent issued for Timken Tapered roller bearings

history-201907 – Sven Wingquist of SKF invents the modern self-aligning ball bearing

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1917 – U.S. Bearing Manufacturers create an informal group to aid bearing manufacturing for World War I, which led to the founding of ABMA

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1934 – AFBMA is incorporated as an organization in the State of New York

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1960 – Elasto-hydro-dynamic theory explains the mechanism of why bearings and gears work led to advances in grindings precision and ultrasonic equipment

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1970 – Intel invents the microprocessor and consistent precision control of machine tools impacting both size and life of bearings

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