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JTEKT technical sponsor Toyota Hybrid TS040 race car

Japanese automaker Toyota, the reigning champion in the World Endurance championship will be out to defend its title in the premier LMP1 category with the TS040 Hybrid race car. The TS040 Hybrid made its debut in 2014 and won five out of eight races for team Toyota

The championship winning car has undergone several updates with updated aerodynamics, revised front end including crash structure and new suspension kinematics to optimize tire usage, plus additional weight saving. Toyota is ready to retain its WEC title this year 2015 with the TS040 Hybrid race car. Also this year JTEKT will be the technical sponsor of the Toyota TS040 Hybrid race car. http://www.toyotahybridracing.com/

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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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