KML Bearing's Successful Entry into Chinese OEM Automotive Parts Market

In June, 2009, KML successfully reached the supply agreement with a certain well-known OE manufacturer of automobile gearbox, after its successful entry into Chinese OE market of auto alternator and auto water pump, which is another entry into the matching supply market of key components of motor vehicles.

The implementation of the supply agreement has lasted for six months, and both parties have made detailed provisions on technical standards of the bearing, sample testing and after-sales service. The signing of the agreement marks OE manufacturer's recognition of the quality and strength of KML's products and it allows KML a new height in the automotive parts industry.

KML Bearing Sales Promotion

For accommodating to company's global marketing strategy, we especially planned to conduct the surplus stock promotion. Through this activity, we hope it can improve our clients' competitiveness.

Quantities and prices of promoting products are only applicable to the series mentioned. Compared with the current market prices, all the promoting prices are lower. More important, all our promotional bearings are 100% tested.

Because this activity is executed only one month from May 1st to May 31st, 2009, in the future, we will conduct another promotion activity, for detailed information, please feel free to contact us at: info@kml-bearing.com ASAP.

KML Online Stock List Attracted Wide Attention from Customers

Since we issued the weekly bearing stock list on KML website from March 2009, we receive more enquiries on these stocks from worldwide customers. Our bearing stock list helps to reinforce our cooperation with regular customers, and also help to establish the new relationship with potential customers. There are several advantages when ordering from KML stock list:

1. Prompt delivery: When customer find the required bearings in our stock list, delivery can be arranged once order confirmation. It saves the time for bearing production and satisfy the customers who need these bearings urgently.

2. Preferential price: We have some sales promotion on these bearing stocks regularly, which means more discounts can be available for some bearing stock; this will help to save the customers' purchase cost.

3. No MOQ Required: There is definitely no MOQ required when ordering these bearing stock, our customer can pick up whatever they want from these stock list, then choose to deliver with regular orders or deliver them separately.

Hopefully our KML stock list can also bring above advantages to your bearing purchasing.

Automotive Parts Remanufacture & Rebuilding

REMATEC 2009 is the second time that KML has exhibited in this exhibition since 2005. The showroom area doubled for the addition of No. 2 showroom based on the previous No. 3 showroom; this exhibition especially provided a New-in-Business Pavilion for new and small exhibitors.

A total of 144 exhibitors were present, 20% up from 2007, among which the number of international exhibitors increased 35%. It attracted an audience of 1,700 from more than 20 countries. The number of audience fell slightly compared with that of 2007, which might be attributable to current economic downturn.

This exhibition is a professional automotive remanufacture show. Despite limited attendance, all exhibitors and participants were professionals. The majority of exhibitors were Air Compressor, Alternator, Starter, constant velocity joints and other manufacturers and remanufacturers.

At this exhibition KML displayed its products designated for automotive repair sector, including AC generator bearing, high-end ball bearing, air-conditioning compressor bearing and pump bearing. Its AC generator bearing and air-conditioning compressor bearing arrested the most attention. At the 3-day exhibition we received many new and existing customers. We also communicated with other exhibitors and most of them regarded highly of this exhibition.

Rolling Bearing Failure of Fitting Surfaces

1. Fretting Corrosion
Characteristics:
Brown-black stains are normally appeared on the fitting surface, sometimes the brown scraps will be found in the bearing lubricant. The abrasion between matching faces (viz. the inner bore and outer surface), fatigue fracture of rolling parts (mainly referred as spindle) and the failure of original functions for sliding pedestal bearing (viz. between outer ring and seat hole) are all caused by fretting corrosions.
Causations:
Influenced by the outside forces, the interference clearance between the matching faces is too small, which will result in the microcosmic movements between the matching parts, but the ferrules will not slide;
Excitations formed between the matching faces;
Deformations of shaft journal and seat hole;
Micro-movements of ferrules which endured the cycle loads of the sliding pedestal bearing.
Remedial Measures:
Make the ferrules of sliding pedestal bearing endure the centralized loads as possible;
Adopt driving fit as possible;
Increase the hardness of the shaft and the bearing seat hole to reduce the deformation;
Coating treatment of the matching faces;
The ferrule dimensions maintain favorable stability even under high temperature;
Improve the roughness on the matching surfaces;
When necessary, improve and inspect the surface quality of matching faces.

2. Scratches or Sliding Abrasion
Characteristics:
Cold welding may happen on the surfaces of inner bore, exterior surfaces of outer ring and axial contacting surfaces; or shining contacting zone will appear on the smoother surfaces.
Decrease of pre-loading & increase of clearance caused by the abrasion of the surface and the matching face..
Causations:
The fitting between the ferrule and the shaft and the bearing seat hole is loosen, which will result in rotation under cycle loads; static unbalanced loads will also cause relative rotation
Improper axial positioning of bearing ferrule
Slow movements of sliding pedestal bearing
Remedial Measures:
The bearing ferrule should use driving fit as possible to avoid the relative movements between the matching faces.
Increase the area of axial positioning faces and ensure the steady of axial positioning
Make sure no water nor will other impurities enter the matching faces
Design the sliding pedestal correctly

3. Scratches on the end surface of bearing ring
Characteristics:
Axial scratches appear on the side faces of the bearing ring and seal

Causations:
The axial fixation of the bearing ring on the shaft and the bearing seat is not steady;
Clearance appears between the end surface and the matching parts, the impurities enter and cause the abrasion;
The matching is too loose;
Axial clearance is too large.

China's Economic Figures Show Further Growth

Chinese economic data released Friday reinforced the growing perception of an economy picking up steam, with retail sales and industrial production for the month of May coming in stronger than expected.

Industrial output climbed 8.9% in May, the National Bureau of Statistics said Friday. The result was above expectations for a 7.8% rise.

The more upbeat figures follow a fall of 26.4% in China's exports in May from a year earlier and an import decline of 25.2%, according to Statistics Bureau data released Thursday. Both figures marked their seventh-straight on-year decline.

While improving this month, China's industrial production growth data has been in contrast with expansion in the Purchasing Managers Index

China's May PMI of 53.1 represented a third-successive month of expansion in the manufacturing sector, managers will be cautiously optimistic in their outlook.

The Statistics Bureau also reported that retail sales were up 15.2% in May, compared to a 14.8% rise in April.

KML Supports for Environmental Protection and Actively Follow the "Low-Carbon Life"

Since "Friends of the Earth (HK)" began to organize the annual charitable environmental protection project of Earth Partner in 2005, KML has been a faithful support and participant of Earth Partner.

On the "Earth Day", Apr. 22, 2009, Earth Partner launched the initiative of "low-carbon life" of environmental protection once again, aiming to encourage everyone to start from the matters of daily life to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gas, especially carbon dioxide, thus to alleviate the growing issue of climate change.

The theme poster "low carbon life" of Friends of the Earth (HK) is designed very lively and interesting: "stone", "mountain", "water", "plant" and "person" form the Chinese character "carbon" of "carbon dioxide". How wonderful Chinese pictographic character is! Each single character is originated from life, nature, containing philosophy of life. Next to the natural environment composed by five columns of colors is the metropolitan full of high-rises where those merry adults, children and pets live. However, the carbon dioxide produced by human beings themselves has beclouded the bright colors of our home, leaving only monotonous gray.

The theme poster distinctly signifies a thought-provoking meaning of "man and environment, mutual reliance in life, only cherish for the continuity".
Let's follow the "low carbon life" and reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases through daily chores to take one's responsibility to protect the earth!