This category will be of interest manufacturers of bearings as well as customers involved in engineering and machinery. Bearing steel consists of wear-resistant and high-quality alloys. They do well against severe contact loads. Bearing steel has chromium and not less than 0.95 % carbon (up to 1.15 %). The physical and chemical homogeneity and non-metallic inclusions acquire particular importance for bearing steel.
The products made from bearing steels such as balls, rollers, bearing rings, pressure valves, pushers, and other parts require high hardness, wear resistance, and contact strength. The operating properties of most machines and mechanisms (machine tools, automobiles, railway rolling stock, aircraft engines, rolling mills, instruments, etc.) largely depend on the accuracy, durability and reliability of bearings.
The largest producers of bearing steel are China, Sweden and Japan. At the same time, China, Japan, the United States as well as European countries are the most powerful consumers of the product.
For the most part, Chinese suppliers of this category offer both bearing steel in bars and various types of finished bearing products in pieces. The price varies from $600 to $2000 per 1 ton of bearing steel depending on the chemical composition and processing. The finished products cost an average of $0.1 to 5 dollars apiece. The minimum order for steel is one ton and for bearing products is one piece.
