Bearings and Tolerance Rings

Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics

High Performance Bearings Group

The High Performance Bearings group is a global division supplying high volume international OEMs in various markets, including automotive, consumer and industrial.

Rencol Tolerance Rings Norglide Bearings Backed by the proud heritage of product innovation, technology, advanced material and market leadership, we are dedicated to working with our customers using our engineering expertise to deliver standard and custom solutions in NORGLIDE® plain bearings, NORSLIDE® cable liners and compounds, RENCOL® tolerance rings, and RULON® bearings that meet the most demanding automotive and other industry applications.

Markets Web Sites

Automotive	Multiple bearing and tolerance ring applications for electric motors, powertrain, seats, hinges, and steering systems
Consumer, Home Appliance Consumer, Bicycle	Bearing mounts, torque, engineered fastening are just a few a areas benefitting from bearings, tolerance rings and cable liners Headsets, brake levers, forks, pedals, derailleurs and suspensions in bicycles are well represented with bearings, tolerance rings and cable liners
Electronics	Interference bands are used to mount the bearing assembly or bearing cartridge in hard disk drives
Energy	Maintenance-free and 100% weather resistant bearings for Concentrated Solar Power technologies
Industrial, Electric Motors Industrial, Valves	Tolerance rings for electric motors propel benefits to OEMs with improved efficiencies Tolerance rings and bearings improve operability and longevity of pumps and valves