Nowadays, more factories adopt industrial robots and handling cobots to build fully automated production lines. Many plant managers focus on robot motor and reducer performance, but ignore the influence of supporting bearings.

Continuous cyclic movement on production lines brings long-lasting alternating loads to robot joints. If bearings have insufficient precision or poor wear resistance, robotic arms will produce position deviation after thousands of working hours, affecting product assembly accuracy.

Different robot positions require different bearing types:

Crossed roller bearings fit robot base and large rotating joints for high rigidity;

RV reducer bearings and flexible bearings are installed inside drive units;

Thin section bearings apply to auxiliary rotating structures and lightweight end modules.

It is not rare to see manufacturers purchase different bearings from multiple suppliers, which brings trouble to delivery and quality tracking. Lanbo Bearings covers mainstream robot bearing models in stock and supports customized development. We can provide complete bearing matching plans for your production line robots.