Precision ball bearings maker The Timken Co., based in North Canton, Ohio, recently entered into a $13.8 million federal agreement to boost production at its Timken Super Precision facility in Keene.
The U.S. Department of Defense announced June 20 it is partnering with Timken’s Keene plant, at 7 Optical Ave., to increase manufacturing of high-precision ball bearings for defense and aerospace systems.
Ball bearings are a type of tool and machinery component that carry loads and reduce rotational friction between two objects, and are made up of one or more rows of balls between two rings, known as raceways. Precision ball bearings are used in high-speed applications to ensure better control and predictability of objects’ movements.
