Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 January 1913 — Ball-Bearing Motors. [ARTICLE]

Ball-Bearing Motors.

British engineers anticipate that one of the most interesting features In the manufacture of electrical machinery during the present year will be a great increase In the use of ball bearings. Several types of motori have already been placed on the mar ket which have ball bearings. Among the of such bearings is the relatively small amount of lubrication required far motors fitted with them. It is considered also that such motors should furnish a better output than those having ordinary bearings. Ex pertinents have been made in Europe on the application of ball bearings to traction motors, but in this case ths conditions are not so favorable aa If that of motors for use in factories.