Timken spherical roller bearing, sealed tapered roller bearing cone assembly, and double-row tapered roller bearing, alongside the orange Timken logo

Timken — Engineered Bearings & Industrial Motion Products

About Timken

The Timken Company was founded in 1899 by Henry Timken in St. Louis, Missouri, and is headquartered in North Canton, Ohio, USA. Built on its patented tapered roller bearing design, Timken is one of the world's leading manufacturers of engineered bearings and industrial motion products. It serves heavy industry, rail, aerospace, wind energy, mining, and automotive markets worldwide.

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Timken Tapered Roller Bearings

The brand's signature product, available in single-, double- and four-row designs that handle heavy combined radial and thrust loads.

AP™ Rail Bearings

Pre-assembled cartridge tapered roller bearings built for freight and passenger railcar axle applications.

EnviroSpexx™ Energy-Efficient Bearings

Low-torque bearing designs that reduce friction and energy use in compressors, pumps, gear drives, and rail equipment.

Fafnir® Ball Bearings

Timken's long-established line of radial, angular contact, and housed-unit ball bearings.

Type E Tapered Roller Housed Units

Mounted bearing units that pair tapered roller performance with ready-to-install housings for heavy-duty conveying and processing equipment.

Timken Precision Bearings

Tight-tolerance bearings for machine tool spindles, aerospace, and medical and robotic applications.

Specialized Product Categories

Roller Bearings

Tapered, spherical, and cylindrical roller bearings for high-load industrial and mobile equipment.

Ball Bearings

Radial, angular contact, and specialty ball bearings for general industrial and high-speed use.

Mounted & Housed Bearings

Pillow block, flange, and take-up units in ball and roller designs for fast installation.

Thrust Bearings

Tapered, cylindrical, spherical, and ball thrust bearings for heavy axial loads.

Precision & Miniature Bearings

High-accuracy bearings for spindles, aerospace systems, and automation.

Plain Bearings

Metal-polymer, bimetal, and rod-end bearings, including the GGB® range, for self-lubricating and oscillating applications.

Industrial Seals

Bearing seals and small-bore industrial seals that protect equipment from contamination.

Maintenance & Installation Tools

Tools for correct bearing mounting, removal, and upkeep.

Other Products & Capabilities

Industrial & Precision Gearing

Heavy-duty gear drives (Philadelphia Gear®), worm and precision drives (Cone Drive®), and compact cycloidal reducers for robotics (SPINEA®).

Linear Motion

Linear guides, telescopic rails, and actuators under the Rollon® and Nadella® brands.

Automatic Lubrication Systems

Centralized greasing systems for trucks, construction, and industrial machinery (Groeneveld-BEKA®).

Couplings

Jaw, gear, and torsional couplings (Lovejoy®, Torsion Control™).

Chains

Roller and engineered conveyor chains (Diamond®, Drives®).

Brakes & Clutches

Industrial clutches and brakes (PT Tech®).

Filtration & Marine Sealing

Contamination-control products (Des-Case®) and marine shaft seals and bearings (Lagersmit®).

Bearing & Drivetrain Repair Services

Remanufacturing of bearings, gearboxes, and drivetrain components.

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