Maintenance-free rod ends and maintenance-free corrosion resistant rod ends GIR...UK series comprise a housing with integral shank and a maintenance-free spherical plain bearing. It is made up of a radial spherical plain bearing GE..UK or GE..UK.2RS and rod body. The shank has an internal thread, the spherical plain bearing is firmly seated and located in the housing. The rod ends are available in open designs and in designs sealed on both sides. The housings and shanks are protected against corrosion by a zinc coating. Additionally, models in the size chart generally are right-hand thread. Left-hand thread will have an “L” after “GIR” to read “GIRL”.

Maintenance-free rod ends GIR..UK series can support radial loads in a tensile or compressive direction. They are particularly suitable for slow movements with small to moderate swivel angles and unilateral loads.

Maintenance-free rod ends GIR..UK series fulfil all the requirements in terms

of fatigue and wear resistance, hardness, toughness and structural stability as well as maintenance-free operation. Maintenance-free rod ends are manufactured from drop forged quenched and tempered steel C45 QT in accordance with DIN EN 10083-2 and have a zinc coated surface.

Application

The rod end bearings are used in a variety of processing and packaging equipment, and in positioning systems for solar panels, wind turbines and satellite dishes, aircraft control mechanisms, assemblers of cars, trucks, boats and industrial machines.