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| Shanghai
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| The Shanghai
Plant was established as Minebea's 10th ball bearing manufacturing
plant. The Second Shanghai factory, completed in 1996, is the
world's largest miniature and small-sized ball bearing plants
and Minebea's newest facility, incorporating extensive know-how
gained the latest and most advanced machinery and equipment.
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| Outline of Plant
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Site Area:
Floor Space:
Products:
Date of Completion:
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391,661 m2
49,306 m2
Miniature and small-sized ball bearings, Integral-shaft ball bearings
First factory: January 1995
Second factory: August 1996 |
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| Products |
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| Miniature and Small-Sized
Ball Bearings |
Integral-Shaft Ball Bearings |
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Each ball bearing comprises
an outer ring, inner ring, balls, retainers, shields and
snap rings. Used in personal computers (PCs) and other
information and telecommunications equipment, ball bearings
are also at work in such household electrical appliances
as air conditioners and video cameras, and in motors for
electronic control systems for automotives and other advanced
applications that require high precision.
<Principal
Applications>
PCs, printers, copy machines, air conditioners, video
cameras
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An integral-shaft ball bearing
has two raceways on the shaft, allowing the integration
of the inner ring and shaft of two ball bearings. This
facilitates more precise rotation than is possible with
two independent ball bearings, making integral-shaft ball
bearings particularly suited to applications such as cylinder
units for video cameras.
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Principal Applications>
Cylinder units for digital VCRs, 8-millimeter video cameras |
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Shanghai
Plant