Subassemblies & Components
National Bearings has been vertically integrated form many years. Manufacturing capabilities include screw machining, stamping, injection molding, and assembly. Traditionally these capabilities had only been used for the manufacture of bearings and bearing components. In 2006, National Bearings decided we can capitalize on these core competencies by marketing them for non bearing products. In order to do so, we formed a new division of National Bearings called QUALPEC. Components sold through QUALPEC come with the same customer oriented quality focus as products sold by National Bearings. We invite you to visit us at www.qualpec.com.
machining capabilities
National Bearings has recently upgraded our machining capabilities with the addition of several new machining centers. This complemented by our screw machining capability is offering customers the chance to transfer the manufacture of some parts from CNC’s to screw machines at significant savings. Our experience in machining stainless steel and brass components continues to grow.
stamping capabilities
Having stamped high volume parts and components for years, National Bearings is very familiar with high speed presses and progressive dies. Some of our recent successes have been in lower volume stampings, even allowing some CNC manufactured parts to be converted to stampings. We continue to expand our expertise in low cost, low volume tooling to help support the growing demand for lower to middle volume components.
Molding Capabilities
National Bearings introduced molded bearings many years ago. Today we recognize there are more and more parts that can be made from the ever growing list of plastics available. This capability coupled with metal working capabilities is a natural fit for National Bearings because of our robot-controlled insert molding capability.
Assembly Capabilities
Three years ago if someone said National Bearings would be making cable assemblies for Military applications, we’d question that line of thinking. Not today. Our abilities to handle multiple components and put them together in a finished assembly has opened up a whole new world of opportunities.
