Roller Bearings
 
Kilian roller bearings are typically used in applications where high radial loads or oscillations are experienced. Kilian has customized these designs using various steels, stainless steels, engineered polymers and can equip them with seals to survive numerous automotive and industrial applications.

The Kilian designs use precision ground rollers and the proper material selection will be made by a team of designers to give customers a high-performing price effective design.

Thrust Bearings
 
Kilian thrust bearings are effectively being used in industrial and automotive applications around the world. Kilian`s unique designs incorporate unitized rollers or balls to allow your company to purchase, stock and handle only one component!

Kilian’s engineering team works with many metallic and non-metallic materials to customize the perfect design for its customers.

Features of our designs:

• The ball thrust bearing offers an economical design to support both axial and light radial loads.
• Kilian’s customized ball and roller cages are being used for a variety of applications and environmental conditions.
• The unitized ball and roller bearing assemblies are having tremendous success in the demanding automotive markets.

Track Rollers
 
Kilian track rollers are specially designed to withstand heavy rolling or shock loads on track type and cam controlled equipment for the automotive, industrial and airframe industries.

Our decades of manufacturing and design experience enable you to work with our engineering staff to customize the perfect design for your application. Here are some examples of the many design features we can offer (challenge us with some new ones too!):

Construction: Balls, rollers or the economical sector pin design
Materials: Carbon steel, high alloy steel, stainless, aluminum, engineered polymers
Dimensional Series: Inch or Metric
Shafts: Threaded, non-threaded and eccentric
Mountings: Screwdriver slot, hexagonal socket or hexagonal shafting
Outer Ring Profile: Cylindrical or crowned
Lubrication: Familiar with many products to accommodate all temperature extremes
Environmental Concerns: Designs can be sealed or un-sealed. Experienced with many different coatings, platings and post treatment
 

Polymer Assemblies
 
Kilian has successfully used Engineered Polymers ("Plastics") in a variety of Automotive, Aircraft, Agricultural and Industrial applications.

Companies have come to Kilian for Polymer product design recommendations to reduce wear and friction, survive environmental extremes, abate noise and to reduce weight while still maintaining performance requirements and price constraints.

Stainless Steel Bearings
 
Kilian Stainless Steel Bearings bring unique capabilities for Food Processing and Packaging, Beverage, Medical and Marine equipment. Kilian`s engineers combine advanced bearing design expertise with broad industry knowledge to satisfy the toughest application requirements.

Using special designs and a variety of stainless steel materials, Kilian bearings can withstand tough, corrosive conditions and extend service life. This reduces maintenance costs and equipment downtime. Kilian value engineering can simplify your designs by incorporating such features as seals, polymer components, spacers and shafts into our assembly. One Kilian assembly replaces six components including bolt, washers, bearing, roller and jam-nut!

Here are some Kilian Successes:

Poultry Processing Trolley
Stainless steel bearings and an engineered polymer pulley resist the harsh washdown environment found in poultry-processing plants.

Bakery Conveyor
The Kilian stainless steel bearing designs withstand the heat in bread ovens, proofing ovens and commercial toaster ovens where temperatures can exceed 650º F. These designs extend the life and expensive maintenance of bakery conveyor chains.

Bottling Plant
This bearing solved a tough corrosion problem in a sports drink filling machine. High salt content and bottled at elevated temperatures, the processing environment had required excessive maintenance and frequent bearing replacement.

Marine
Sea water exposure represents one of the most severe applications in the bearing world. Kilian utilized a special grade of stainless steel to meet the needs for a demanding shift detent application.

Medical
A Kilian stainless steel unitized thrust bearing replaced a three-piece design and solved a slippage problem due to bearing wear in a biomedical diagnostics piece of equipment.
 

No Rust Bearing Housed Units
 
Corrosion-proof ball bearing housed units withstand the toughest conditions in food processing and packaging.

No Rust Kilian housed units combine corrosion-proof components for extended life in difficult applications. The advanced polymer housing and special stainless steel bearing insert form a complete value package that stands up to a wide range of common corrosives and contaminants.

Specifically designed for moderate loads and speeds in processing and packaging, the Kilian unit has excellent resistance to acids, alkalis, solvents, detergents, oils, and other chemicals. Solid bases eliminate any pockets where bacteria could collect.

The advanced polymer housing and special stainless steel bearing insert form a complete value package that stands up to a wide range of common corrosives and contaminants, as well as steam and continuous temperatures up to 250 F (and brief exposure up to 320 F).

Custom Assemblies

Kilian specializes in custom solutions. Kilian`s experienced engineers combine innovative bearing technology with detailed knowledge of industry requirements to optimize the design for any application. With equipment and processes geared for maximum flexibility and quick change-over, Kilian can produce a unique design in quantities as small as 2,500 pieces.

Kilian is often able to significantly reduce the total cost of a customer`s product by incorporating the shaft, housing or gear into the bearing design. Effective value engineering reduces the number of components to one integral assembly. This reduces cost while improving product performance. The Kilian assembly is easier to order, schedule and install.

Kilian can supply complete subassemblies, functionally tested and ready for installation. Kilian`s solutions can save considerable time and expense, while enhancing the end products` quality and reliability.

Kilian has been challenged and succeeded with the design and development of such products as strut bearings, shift detents, planetary sets and products for harsh automotive and industrial applications.