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Well in his opinion they are best, I never cared for jap bearings (at all). Only 2 places Ill buy bearings from in order of prefrence, Germany, Sweden, USA. (heh). Today in bulk sales Sweden is top dog, over 3x the sales of NTN (japan).
Link Look into FAG or INA both german made bearings. Far better steel (alloy) in those bearings IMO. Link "In 1883, 34-year old Friedrich Fischer made a technological breakthrough. Fueled by a fascination with technology, he developed the first ball grinding machine in Schweinfurt, Germany. Fischer’s invention enabled the absolutely precise spherical grinding of large numbers of hardened steel balls, a product that would take the industrial world by storm. The bearing has not changed much since Fischer’s time, but F.A.G. Bearings continues to develop innovations to improve the way it’s made. Since 1970, F.A.G.’s Industrial Bearings division in Joplin, MO, has found new ways to enhance Fischer’s original idea. Chris Rueckerl, plant manager for the industrial bearings business unit, said the decision to locate in Joplin was made in 1967. “Joplin was selected from 90 US cities,” he noted. Three years later, it opened with 40 employees as the second F.A.G. plant outside Germany and the second sited in North America." Why its a better bearing (besides the steel alloy its made of) "Two examples of this optimization are the two specialty products offered by the industrial bearings business unit. F.A.G. engineered a split bearing that allows the bearing to be disassembled and reassembled in difficult and hard to reach places. Customers can replace the split bearing faster, without the need to disassemble the entire machine and go off line. Rueckerl said, “It can save the user considerable time and money.” While its other product lines are distributed primarily to the North American market, F.A.G.’s industrial bearings division is a global supplier for split bearings. F.A.G.’s newest industrial bearings product will make an impact in its spherical bearings line. Its E-1 spherical bearing boasts a longer life-time expectancy than standard products. Spherical bearings are used in a wide range of applications and industries, including both paper and aggregate industries, and it should make a significant impact across the board. “When tested against the standard spherical bearing, the new E-1 always performs better,” Rueckerl said. Production of the E-1 will begin within the next six months. In addition to superior products, F.A.G. also offers customers a comprehensive service program with technical advice, maintenance, and assembly support. “It comes down to customer focus,” Gray said. “There is a high level of engineering expertise available here, and we make that available to our customers. We provide application engineering; we set ourselves apart from the rest of the industry in different ways.”
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