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“NORGLIDE® Bearings provide reliability, long term durability and corrosion resistance over millions and millions of hinges. We've never had to explain what went wrong, because nothing ever does.” --David Barrett, Automotive Consultant
-- the amount of time that a NORGLIDE® T outlasted a competing solution during an EU standard salt spray test.
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Friction & Longevity Solutions for the Automotive Market

Engineering Challenges

Engineering Challenges  

Weight, Space & Cost

  • Automotive
  • Bicycle
  • Hard Disk Drive

Component Fit & Assembly

  • Automotive
  • Bicycle
  • Hard Disk Drive
  • Residential HVAC
  • E-Painting Process
  • Tolerance Compensation of NORGLIDE

Noise & Vibration

  • Automotive
  • Bicycle
  • Residential HVAC
  • Anechoic Chamber
  • Noise Testing

Friction & Longevity

  • Automotive
  • Automotive Corrosion Resistance
  • Bicycle
  • Hard Disk Drive
  • Residential HVAC

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Friction & Longevity Solutions for the Automotive Market

Maintenance Free Bearings Provide Solutions for the Automotive Market

Saint-Gobain works closely with Automotive design engineers to design solutions which offer consitent controlled friction between mating components to reduce wear and tear and protect against corrosion, vibration and mishandling.

Controlled Friction

Wear and misuse overtime can affect how systems perform, which can eventually lead to malfunction and negatively affect the experience for end user. From Saint-Gobain you can select materials and technologies that deliver controlled friction at very low levels but also at the very high end.
 
NORGLIDE® Bearings are designed for applications where low friction is required for easy and smooth movement of components to minimize frictions losses and reduce wear over lifetime.
 
RENCOL® Tolerance Rings are designed for applications where high friction is required to allow fixed parts only to move in case of misuse to protect systems to break or lead to malfunction (over-load protection).

Longevity as Standard for Automotive

A car is more than likely the second most expensive investment a person can make, and consumers expect that they are putting their cash into something that will last.

Factors such as corrosion, vibration and mishandling can all shorten the life of automotive applications. Engineers today must build in long life elements into their system, guarding against corrosion which looks unsightly and affects performance and compensate for mishandling by the end user. Saint-Gobain’s NORGLIDE® Bearings and RENCOL® Tolerance Rings ensure that engineers can develop systems which maintain their function and perform consistently over time.

About Saint-Gobain

Saint-Gobain designs, manufactures and distributes materials and solutions which are key ingredients in the wellbeing of each of us and the future of all. They can be found everywhere in our living places and our daily life: in buildings, transportation, infrastructure and in so many industrial applications.

 

Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics' group of businesses gather solutions to save energy, provide protection, improve comfort and sustain the environment for a variety of markets.

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