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EPTDA award for the Best Promoter goes to JTEKT

EPTDA (the EMEA Power Transmission Distributors Association) is the largest organization in Europe, the Middle-East & Africa, of distributors and manufacturers of power transmission and motion control products, setting the highest commercial, environmental, social and ethical standards. EPTDA brings more than 240 companies varying from distributors, manufacturers and associates together in one common platform.

The organization had its last Annual Convention in Istanbul, Turkey where JTEKT as a manufacturer was awarded as the Best Promoter, together with Zitec (distributor) and A4MRO (associate). Read more

This unique award is a recognition to a member company, who has been the most active in promoting the EPTDA brand identity through their corporate website and other company collateral and communications.

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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