A quick method of determining root causes and corrective actions of failed ball bearings©

Lubrication Engineering

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 206-211

  Washo, Michael W ^a,b  

^a EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY   (United States)

^b STLE ^*

Author keywords

Bearings; Failure Analysis; Failure Modes; Root Causes

Indexed keywords

BALL BEARINGS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); MAINTENANCE; MECHANICS; PERFORMANCE; RELIABILITY;

FAILURE MODE; ROOT CAUSES;

FAILURE ANALYSIS;

BEARINGS-BALL; FAILURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030088232     PISSN: 00247154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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