Posted on 05/16/2016 10:16:46 AM PDT by C19fan
Here we have a side-by-side comparison of the humblest of fruits from two industrial powerhouses: simple bearings made in China and Germany. Both are advertised, per the description, as "weapons-grade," though apparently the German version costs a good 30 times as much.
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Well, BMW motorcycle engines are being made in China now. Think about that before you decide to throw down 30 large on an ugly two wheeled tractor.
Wow. So the German piece has approximately one-tenth the friction losses, assuming similar mass of the raceway.
The voice is speaking Chinese.
Free Traitors™ have been pushing this cheap Chinese crap on us for almost 25 years.
Oil quenching pits burning, large enough to be observed by BDA crews.
Chinese car parts are a joke. I bought brake rotors that were Made in China and the first hard stop the warped. I mean the very first hard stop.
Cheap is good when it is not your life on the line...
Noisy Tiger tank idler and drive wheels too. That is in addition to the rest of German armor.
It’s all ball bearings now adays
The climactic air raid in the original Twelve O'clock High movie, based on the 306th. My first thought too.
My second thought: Chinese industry is very good at producing items of marginal quality, like the Japanese industry of the 1950s. Whether China will wake up the way the Japanese did in the 60s and become rivals for quality is anyone's guess.
Even skateboarders know this.
They've started doing so. I own a Chinese made by a Chinese company smart watch that's more functional and better looking than the Korean or Apple ones. I've been very happy with it.
I need to replace the bearings on my furnace squirrel-cage blower. I’ll make sure I ask for German. Thanks for the heads up.
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Family used to pass a German-owned ball bearing factory on our way down to visit the grandparents in Missouri. Yeah, big sign out front: `FAG Bearings’. (Muffler bearings for the LBGT?)
Excellent wonder how many will get that comment?
Apparently you know very little about BMW motorcycles. Do some research.
Read a National Geographic article once about modern manufacturing techniques.
The article featured an “ultra smooth” ball bearing about the size of the average marble.
The manufacturing process was so refined that if the bearing’s diameter were made equal to the earth’s, the largest peak, aka the bearing’s “Mount Everest” would be 14 feet in height.
BMW controls every aspect of parts and production so the manufacturing location hasn’t been a problem.
“Loncin was founded in 1993 in Chongqing. Loncin is the OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) for some of BMW’s engines (the engine for the G650GS for example).
Loncin was the second largest producer of motorcycles in China for 2012, making over 1.5 million units. The manufacturer is the largest exporter, exporting 45% of its production, including more than 35,000 BMW engines. “
http://www.chinamotorrider.com/5-top-chinese-motorcycle-manufacturers/
There are all different kinds of bearings even for the same size. Using “friction free” designed bearings against a standard grade would give you this result. I’m not advocating for Chinese bearings just stating facts.
Without seeing the exact bearing number on the bearing it’s hard to tell.
After the war Albert Speer, Hitler's Minister for Armaments, was interviewed by the Allies. Speer was asked about the Allied strategic bombing campaign.
Speer said that the Allies had made a mistake. Instead dropping some bombs on aircraft factories, and some bombs on oil refineries, etc., the Allies should have thrown everything at just the ball bearing plants. Speer said that would have quickly crippled Germany.
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