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14-16 May 2014 Distributor Convention Krakow, Poland

‘Business and a bit of holiday magic abroad’ …

Kraków – Poland’s charming second city, with a fascinating past, covered in beautiful buildings and set besides the Vistula River is a captivating place to travel to. This charismatic city has one of the largest medieval town squares in Europe and is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage site. The 5th edition of the European Distributor Convention took place at this truly beautiful location.

More than 70 participants from 29 countries participated and the entire European JTEKT team provided them a warm welcome in Krakow! The three days schedule was fully packed with business meetings, entertainment and most important it gave all participants the opportunity to get to know more about our JTEKT Koyo family and future direction.

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Three Distributors PWO from Poland (best sales performance), Donoupoglou from Greece (best sales performance relatively to economic background) and Rulman Ticaret (best Koyo brand promotion) were awarded by Mr. Shimada, Managing Officer and Board Member of JTEKT Corporation. All in all, this entire event was an informative, valuable as well as an unforgettable experience!

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FAQ

What is an angular contact ball bearing?

An angular contact ball bearing uses axially asymmetric races. An axial load passes in a straight line through the bearing, whereas a radial load takes an oblique path that tends to want to separate the races axially. So the angle of contact on the inner race is the same as that on the outer race. Angular contact bearings better support "combined loads" (loading in both the radial and axial directions) and the contact angle of the bearing should be matched to the relative proportions of each. The larger the contact angle (typically in the range 10 to 45 degrees), the higher the axial load supported, but the lower the radial load. In high speed applications, such as turbines, jet engines, and dentistry equipment, the centrifugal forces generated by the balls changes the contact angle at the inner and outer race. Ceramics such as silicon nitride are now regularly used in such applications due to their low density (40% of steel). These materials significantly reduce centrifugal force and function well in high temperature environments. They also tend to wear in a similar way to bearing steel—rather than cracking or shattering like glass or porcelain.

Most bicycles use angular-contact bearings in the headsets because the forces on these bearings are in both the radial and axial direction.

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