Skateboard-Bearings

Is ABEC-11 the highest grade of skateboard bearings?

You will see roller skate bearings on the market with various ABEC grades: ABEC-1, ABEC-3, ABEC-5, ABEC-7, ABEC-9, and even ABEC-11. Is ABEC-11 better than ABEC-3 or 3 better than 11? Is the ABEC rating of roller skate bearings important? What does it mean? Reading the following article may help you answer.

What is the purpose of the higher precision bearings, as attained by the ABEC standard?

High precision bearings designed to allow high-precision machinery running smoothly at high speeds, sometimes more than standard bearings allowed. With this in mind, a standard ABEC 1,608ZZ rated 32000 RPM with grease and oil lubrication limit speed of 38000 RPM. Actual speed, trouble-free bearings will also depend on the load and other health applications, but it is not necessary to go into too heavy here.

We believe that we have to emphasize here is not the purpose of high precision bearings in order to go faster, but (among other things) to allow high-speed machinery to operate at a faster speed than standard bearings will allow.

What is ABEC?

First, let us understand the meaning and ABEC its source. ABEC is really just the first letter of a ring bearing the Engineering Committee (ABEC) acronym. The committee organized by the American Bearing Manufacturers Association, a non-profit (ABMA) was established.

ABEC created a standard called the ABEC scale, the standard measure of tolerance ball bearings. ABEC scale involving manufacturers must meet in order to achieve precision ball bearings ABEC standards. Then, using a standard ABEC as a method to ensure that the bearings for certain applications meet the criteria, and therefore can be used in this application (e.g., in this case, a roller skate). ABEC ball bearings provide dimensions, so that the manufacturer can understand the different parts of these dimensions and tolerances of design parts to accommodate the use of bearing applications.

ABEC scale from 1 to the maximum is divided into 11 odd class. As the number of ball bearings become more rounded and more accurate.

TFL BEARINGS has specially developed abec 11 skateboard bearings for the skateboard industry. We can see from the official introduction that there is actually no abec-11 bearing in the bearing industry in the industrial field. However, in order to meet the requirements of some customers, we rarely improve bearing accuracy on the basis of abec-9 but specialize in research and development and production of abec-11 608 bearings. There is no doubt that it is the highest grade skateboard bearing, which means it has the highest speed and the best performance.