Precision Stainless Steel Balls For Precision Applications

Precision stainless steel balls are premium mechanical components known for their precise dimensions, excellent surface quality, and corrosion resistance. Typically made from stainless steel, these balls exhibit high strength, hardness, and wear resistance. They find extensive applications across various industries, including manufacturing, automotive, aerospace, medical equipment, to fulfill the needs of precise motion, bearings, and transmission systems.

Features and Advantages:

• High Precision Dimensions: Precision stainless steel balls undergo precise machining, ensuring high dimensional accuracy for reliable and accurate motion control and power transmission.
• Excellent Surface Quality: These balls undergo fine polishing and surface treatments, resulting in high surface smoothness, reducing friction and energy loss, thereby enhancing efficiency.
• Corrosion Resistance: Stainless steel material imparts good corrosion resistance to precision balls, making them suitable for applications in humid, acidic, or corrosive environments.
• High Strength and Wear Resistance: Stainless steel material provides precision balls with exceptional strength and wear resistance, enabling them to withstand high loads and prolonged usage.

Applications:

• Bearings and Transmission Systems: Precision stainless steel balls are commonly used in bearings such as deep groove ball bearings, angular contact ball bearings, providing smooth rolling motion and load-carrying capacity.

• Precision Instruments: In precision instruments like measuring equipment, optical instruments, and electronic devices, precision stainless steel balls are used to support and balance components, ensuring precise motion and accurate measurements.

• Aerospace and Automotive Industries: Precision balls find applications in transmission systems, suspension systems, and engine components in the aerospace and automotive industries, providing reliable motion control and durability.

• Medical Equipment: Precision stainless steel balls are used in medical devices, including surgical instruments, diagnostic equipment, and artificial joints, ensuring smooth and precise motion and reliability.

Maintenance and Considerations:

• Proper lubrication is essential for precision stainless steel balls to reduce friction and wear, prolonging their lifespan.
• Avoiding collisions and external damage is important to preserve the precision and performance of the balls.
• Regular inspection and cleaning of the ball surfaces ensure their smoothness and proper functioning.

Precision stainless steel balls are high-quality components that offer exceptional precision and corrosion resistance. They play a critical role across industries, delivering reliable motion control, bearings, and transmission systems. With their excellent surface quality and wear resistance, these balls enable smooth and accurate motion in various applications. Proper lubrication and regular maintenance are essential to maximize the performance and lifespan of precision stainless steel balls.

Precision Ball Grading Standards:

At MOUETTE, we measure precision balls by the following grading standards:

Grade – The grade is a measure of the degree of precision of the ball with respect to key functional characteristics. A lower number indicates a more precise metal ball. For example, a grade 10 ball is more precise than a grade 100 ball.

Diameter – Available in both inch and metric; ranging from 0.5mm to 65mm.

Sphericity – The higher sphericity means how close a precision ball is to being a perfect sphere. Also called roundness.

Surface Roughness – The quality of a ball’s surface finish. The better the surface finish, the less “noise” from vibration during bearing rotation. Surface finish can also be critical to providing a tight valve seal.

MOUETTE’s Precision Ball Quality:

MOUETTE conforms to multiple precision ball standards (including ABMA (formerly AFBMA) Standard 10, ISO 3290 and DIN 5401) which dictate the industry standards of precision balls regarding diameter, sphericity (roundness) and surface roughness.

Precision Balls We Manufacture:

• Chrome Steel Balls
• Stainless Steel Balls
• Carbon Steel Balls
• Plastic Balls

Grade and Tolerance Definitions

ABMA Std-10

ISO 3290

DIN 5401