NACHI bearings on Mars
15.05.2018

During the Hannover Industrial Fair 2018, which took place from April 23 to April 27, Nachi showed its large range of high-grade roller bearings for applications in all industrial branches. The company focuses on top performance.

The innovative roller bearings technology of the Japanese mechanical engineering trust, which is well known all over the world, has decisively influenced the success of the latest NASA's Mars mission. The drive system of the Mars robot Curiosity is equipped with very lightweight but stable and strong thin section bearings designed and manufactured by the japanese specialists. Due to the sophisticated material characteristics, the raceway design and the space-proven tribology, these roller bearings exceed by far the expected lifetime of the Mars rover Curiosity which was formerly planned to be 2 years. This proves the high competence and the outstanding know-how of the japanese manufacturer. Nachi's roller bearings operate reliably in the adverse space conditions which include e. g. temperatures between -120 °C and 0 °C. Nachi's specialists master the complete production line from raw steel to manufacturing and heat treatment to assembly. Thus they can guarantee highest quality.