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German-Made Bearings Blow Away China's in This Simple Test
Popular Mechanics ^ | May 12, 2016 | Sam Eifling

Posted on 05/16/2016 10:16:46 AM PDT by C19fan

Here we have a side-by-side comparison of the humblest of fruits from two industrial powerhouses: simple bearings made in China and Germany. Both are advertised, per the description, as "weapons-grade," though apparently the German version costs a good 30 times as much.

(Excerpt) Read more at popularmechanics.com ...


TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: china; germany; manufacturing
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To: tumblindice; humblegunner
I need to replace the bearings on my furnace squirrel-cage blower. I’ll make sure I ask for German. Thanks for the heads up.

http://www.fag.com/content.fag.de/en/index.jsp

I am NOT going to a website named http://www.fag.com.

JUST NOT DOING IT.

41 posted on 05/16/2016 12:29:35 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Chuck Norris finally met his match in Donald Trump.)
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To: SamAdams76

I had a bearing go out on the front wheel of my Ford Escape about three years ago; the thing screamed like mad. In all my years of driving and all the cars I’ve owned, that had not happened before.

My son’s Toyota just had the same problem.

It makes me wonder where the bearings were manufactured.


42 posted on 05/16/2016 12:43:29 PM PDT by henkster (DonÂ’t listen to what people say, watch what they do.)
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To: Lazamataz
I am NOT going to a website named http://www.fag.com.

But bloggers like those fags.com are the new media and you
must embrace them and then later exchange fluids new media.

43 posted on 05/16/2016 12:44:55 PM PDT by humblegunner
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To: enraged

yes


44 posted on 05/16/2016 12:46:54 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom yes I know)
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To: C19fan

This is part of the issue that America will face going forward. To re-industrialize, we will need to re-create the entire manufacturing ecosystem.

Used to be that one could drop by any reasonably stocked hardware store and get some brushes to rebuild that noisy electric motor.

Can’t happen today.
Don’t even ask someone under thirty what are brushes doing in a motor. You’ll just get zombie eyes.


45 posted on 05/16/2016 12:48:29 PM PDT by Macoozie ("Estoy votando por Ted 2016!" bumper stickers available)
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To: ConservativeWarrior

Buckminster Fuller used the example of a typical
desk globe. He said that if you took the distance
between the deepest ocean trench and the top of
Mt. Everest it would only equal the thickness of
the ink.

Smooth...


46 posted on 05/16/2016 12:50:08 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: C19fan

Its a fake. Read the comments on the youtube source.

The giveaway is that there is too much difference.


47 posted on 05/16/2016 1:08:07 PM PDT by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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To: tet68

That’s an interesting analogy.

Wonder which applications call for such precision?


48 posted on 05/16/2016 1:09:09 PM PDT by ConservativeWarrior (Fall down 7 times, stand up 8. - Japanese proverb)
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To: cloudmountain

I’ve noticed the cleanliness problem in many Chinese resturants. At the same time that it looked like they rarely cleaned the place, the BROILER looked new in every kitchen I saw. I’ve worked with those broilers and it takes an immense effort to keep them looking new day in and day out. Made no sense to me.


49 posted on 05/16/2016 1:26:29 PM PDT by TalBlack (Evil doesn't have a day job....)
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To: C19fan
Both are advertised, per the description, as "weaponsgrade"

Maybe the Chinese mean theirs are for slingshots.

50 posted on 05/16/2016 1:29:45 PM PDT by pa_dweller (Go ahead Libs, drink the kool-aid. It's got electrolytes!)
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To: Leaning Right
Speer said that the Allies had made a mistake. Instead dropping some bombs on aircraft factories, and some bombs on oil refineries, etc., the Allies should have thrown everything at just the ball bearing plants. Speer said that would have quickly crippled Germany.

I have read - should be easy to look up - that Churchill's #1 priority bombing targets were the German bearing factories. If it doesn't roll, it won't roll... Of course, Schweinfurt was a difficult to get at target, for the same reason.

51 posted on 05/16/2016 1:42:19 PM PDT by Moltke (Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building)
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To: chajin

Gas turbine engines with a 100 hour operational life in a military application???


52 posted on 05/16/2016 1:56:58 PM PDT by Ozark Tom
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To: C19fan

Calling bearings “the humblest of fruits” is an admission of ignorance. (For the record, I represent a number of patents for the Timken Company of Ohio in Europe, and the effort that goes into making quality bearings would astound you - or the author of that article, at least.)

BTW, that site runs dozens of scripts, which NoScript thankfully blocks for me, so I cannot view the video. Any direct link to the video? Thanks.


53 posted on 05/16/2016 2:00:17 PM PDT by Moltke (Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building)
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To: tumblindice

Fischers Aktien-Gesellschaft


54 posted on 05/16/2016 2:01:14 PM PDT by Ozark Tom
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To: Ozark Tom

And further down the road we saw billboards advertising in 8 foot letters `THE BALDKNOBBERS’.
We found out it was a Branson, MO act of some kind, but after the Fag sign, I wondered what we were getting into.

Actually had some good, clean fun. And learned `Ozarks’ was named by the French: Arcs, for the quality of the wood for bows.
Ever go to the Walnut bowl factory in Lebanon? Yeah, touristy, but that’s what I was, even if my wife is from Joplin.


55 posted on 05/16/2016 3:22:44 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: C19fan

I’m sure the Chinese military is full of this sort of high quality equipment.


56 posted on 05/16/2016 3:50:09 PM PDT by captain_dave
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To: TalBlack
I’ve noticed the cleanliness problem in many Chinese resturants. At the same time that it looked like they rarely cleaned the place, the BROILER looked new in every kitchen I saw. I’ve worked with those broilers and it takes an immense effort to keep them looking new day in and day out. Made no sense to me.

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They might have ruined their original broilers with unwashed grease, grease and yet more grease. The answer MIGHT be that simple.

What do Chinese broil, by the way? I can't think of a single dish that is broiled. Soaked in grease, yes, broiled, no.

57 posted on 05/16/2016 4:14:03 PM PDT by cloudmountain
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To: SamAdams76

The photo of the bearings reminds me of my high school days, working at Kansas City’s “East Side Auto Parts” (unfortunately, long out of business,) in the machine shop, packing drum and rotor bearings with Valvoline bearing grease - my lord, that stuff STUNK!

Mark


58 posted on 05/16/2016 7:44:11 PM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: Macoozie

Your story reminds me of Radio Shack.

When I was young (back in the 60s & 70s,) the guys at Radio Shack were electronic experts. I remember having one guy look over a schematic I was working with and helping me understand how the circuit worked, and explaining why the parts list I had was wrong. They could test and recommend replacement tubes. And if they didn’t have something, they could order it for you. Back then, their motto was well deserved, “You’ve got questions, we’ve got answers.”

In the 1990s, I remember needing a wire-wrap tool, and even back then, they carried them, something that was quite handy while working with system boards and hard drive controllers (if you were out of jumpers.)

Today, if you can even find a Radio Shack, they don’t even have electronic components in their catalog. I believe they’ve changed their motto to, “You’ve got questions, we’ve got blank stares.”

Mark


59 posted on 05/16/2016 7:52:58 PM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: raybbr

Right, or maybe they’re packed with thicker grease or something.


60 posted on 05/16/2016 8:00:05 PM PDT by Yardstick
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