When automotive enthusiasts think of ceramic, the first thing that comes to mind is the ceramic coating on a car's paintwork. But it has other uses as well, including in the manufacture of bearings.

If the utility of an invention were somehow derived from the genius of its inventor, it would be pardonable that so many sources trace the idea for the ball bearing to a 1497 drawing by Leonardo da ...

The surface finishes of bearing balls and raceways mostly govern bearing internal friction. Cerbec silicon-nitride ceramic balls from Saint-Gobain, East Granby, Conn., have a 0.004-micron surface ...

Wheel bearings are a set of rigid steel ball bearings that form an essential part of a vehicle's steering, suspension, and braking systems. They are located inside a sealed metal casing in the vehicle ...

Even the biggest hot rodder would be stumped as to how a single stainless-steel ball bearing found its way into the No. 8 cylinder of Jonathan Porter's turbocharged 308ci small-block Ford. The ...