FAG bearings, sold & sourced by Dalton Bearing Service
Dalton Bearing Service supplies FAG ball bearings, roller bearings, plain bearings and linear components from our counter at 601 S Glenwood Ave in Dalton, Georgia, and we ship them to plants across the Southeast and beyond. FAG is the rolling bearing brand of the Schaeffler Group, and it is one of the lines we carry the deepest.
The FAG range covers most of what a maintenance department replaces: deep groove ball bearings in the 6000, 6200 and 6300 series (open, shielded 2ZR and sealed 2RSR), angular contact ball bearings, cylindrical roller bearings (NU, NJ, N), tapered roller bearings, and FAG spherical roller bearings with E1 internal design, in straight and tapered (K) bore. Many FAG bearings are made to the X-life performance grade, which Schaeffler rates for longer rating life than its standard grade at the same boundary dimensions. We also supply split and solid plummer block housings, adapter and withdrawal sleeves, and the larger spherical and cylindrical bearings used in gearboxes, fans, crushers, paper and textile machinery.
FAG bearings run in industrial machinery, railway axleboxes, wind turbine main shafts and gearboxes, automotive drivetrains and aerospace equipment, so the same part number can show up on very different machines. Send us the full number off the ring or the box, suffixes included (C3 clearance, E1, XL, K, 2RSR and so on). The suffix decides whether a bearing is a true replacement.
If the FAG number you need is on backorder, we will tell you up front and offer a cross-reference, usually to INA or another Schaeffler number, or to an SKF, Timken, NSK or NTN equivalent with matching dimensions, clearance and seals. Packaging is moving toward the Schaeffler name, but the FAG marking and part numbers stay the same, so an FAG bearing in a Schaeffler box is still the part you ordered.
Send a part number, a photo of the old bearing, or the shaft and housing sizes, and a person at our counter will price it and give you a lead time.
FAG ownership & history
FAG traces its roots to Schweinfurt, Germany, where Friedrich Fischer built a ball grinder in 1883. His machine ground steel balls truly round in large volumes for the first time, and the bearing industry counts it as one of its founding moments. The company treats 1883 as its founding year. The FAG trademark was registered in 1905. After Fischer's death the business came under Georg Schäfer in 1909, and as FAG Kugelfischer Georg Schäfer it became one of Europe's largest rolling bearing makers. At the start of the 1990s FAG bought Barden, the US maker of super-precision bearings based in Danbury, Connecticut.
In September 2001 INA, the needle bearing company of the Schaeffler family, made a takeover bid for FAG Kugelfischer. European regulators cleared the deal in October 2001. US regulators required FAG's cartridge ball screw support bearing business to be sold to SKF, and their final order followed in early 2002. In 2003 INA, FAG and LuK were brought together as the Schaeffler Group. FAG kept its name as Schaeffler's brand for ball and roller bearings, and Schweinfurt is still one of the group's main bearing locations.
- 1883 Friedrich Fischer builds his ball grinder in Schweinfurt; FAG counts this as its founding year
- 1905 FAG trademark registered
- 1909 Georg Schäfer takes over Fischer's ball factory (Kugelfischer)
- 1990 FAG buys Barden, Danbury CT (some sources say 1991)
- 2001 INA bids for FAG Kugelfischer; EU clears the deal in October
- 2002 US FTC final order; FAG's ball screw support bearing line goes to SKF
- 2003 INA, FAG and LuK combine as the Schaeffler Group
FAG lines we stock
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Related brands
- SchaefflerParent group; FAG has been a Schaeffler brand since 2001-2002
INASister brand; INA took over FAG in 2001
SKFCommon cross-reference; bought FAG's ball screw support bearing line in 2002
TimkenCommon cross-reference for tapered and spherical roller bearings
NSKCommon cross-reference for ball and roller bearings
NTNCommon cross-reference for ball and roller bearings- EwellixSister brand under Schaeffler AG (Schaeffler Group)
Why buy FAG bearings from Dalton Bearing
Dalton Bearing Service has kept plants running from Dalton, Georgia since 1946. We are an independent industrial distributor, not the manufacturer — which means we can quote FAG bearings straight from stock or our supplier network and, when a number is backordered or discontinued, offer a checked cross-reference — often from SKF, Timken or INA. Send a part number, a photo of the nameplate, or just the dimensions, and a real person gets back to you with price and availability, usually the same day.
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