Antifriction bearings are precision mechanical elements in any machines and equipment for reliable functioning of rotary motions. It defines the speed, magnitude and direction of the loads, deflections and minimal vibration of the shaft with pre estimated life. Lack of bearing awareness can lead to premature bearing failures, unexpected machine breakdowns and loss of production. The basic knowledge about bearings can avoid these losses and bring in huge savings & benefits to the organisations. Roles of antifriction ball or roller bearings in machine tool spindles are highly responsible in overall performance as the machine as they reproductive in nature. The type, accuracy and size are the key feature in selection and unless otherwise not selected appropriately for the said application, the product would fail in meeting the performance requirements which is set as objective. Knowledge on the types of bearings, accuracy of the bearings, pre loads of the bearings for machine tool spindle application is very essential for designers and assembly engineers.

Keeping this in view, IMTMA is organising an online training on "Antifriction Bearings - Selection, Applications & Evaluating Bearing Life".

This program will be conducted by Mr. Hanumanth Kulkarni and Mr. HV Rajashekara.

Mr. Hanumanth Kulkarni comes with over 34 years of rich experience in bearing industry. Having associated with SKF, Timken, FAG and NBC, Mr. Hanumanth Kulkarni brings in expertise in the areas of Design & Development, Manufacturing, Application Engineering and Technical training.
Presently he is running his own company in training and consultancy services.

Mr. HV Rajashekara, Advisor IMTMA has 28 years’ experience on Design and Development of Metal cutting machines from various industry like M/s HMT Machine Tools, M/s Johnson Electric International Limited, HongKong and 7 years as Senior Director, IMTMA Design Institute. He has overall experience of 35 Years from both shop floor and training.