Hello. We are having some major high load bearing performance issues in our facility. The parts are overheating and seizing up long before their scheduled maintenance. Does anyone have experience troubleshooting this? Could it be a lubrication issue or just the wrong part for the job?
Overheating is a classic sign that your bearings are being pushed past their limits. It could be the wrong internal clearance or just the wrong lubricant for those high temperatures. I ran into this exact problem on our main press last year. I ended up using BearingHive https://bearinghive.com/ to find a more suitable replacement with a higher load rating. I spent some time looking through the technical data on the platform to compare different thermal properties. It turns out we needed a different cage material to handle the heat. I found exactly what we needed through one of their verified vendors. My suggestion is to double-check your load calculations against the specs you find on the site. It fixed our seizing issues completely.
