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A jewel bearing is a plain bearing in which a metal spindle turns in a jewel-lined pivot hole. The hole is typically shaped like a torus and is slightly larger than the shaft diameter. The jewels are typically made from the mineral corundum , usually either synthetic sapphire or synthetic ruby .
The company was founded in 1939 as Namiki Seisakusho to make jewel bearings for electric meters. In 1953, the company was reorganized as Namiki Precision Jewel Co., Ltd. In 1957, Adamant Shoji Co., Ltd., was spun off from Namiki Precision Jewel Co., Ltd., in order to segregate sales by source.
In the three axis tourbillon movement, the 3rd (external) cage has a unique form which provides the possibility of using jewel bearings everywhere, instead of ball-bearings. This is a unique solution at this size and level of complication. [11] There are a few wrist and pocket watches that include the Triple Axis or Tri-Axial Tourbillon ...
Adamant Namiki uses integrated manufacturing, handling its products from the raw material, to processing, through to polishing. Industrial jewels, such as diamond, sapphire, and ruby, are used for jewel bearings, sapphire substrates, [4] [5] exterior watch parts, semiconductor wire bonding capillaries, nozzles, LTCC [6] (Co-fired ceramic) and so on.
Namiki Precision Jewel Co., Ltd. (並木精密宝石株式会社, Namiki Seimitu Houseki Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese component manufacturing company based in Tokyo, Japan. The company was founded in 1939 as a manufacturer of synthetic sapphire jewel bearings for electrical measuring instruments.
View history; Tools. Tools. ... Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Wheel bearing may refer to: Ball bearing; Bearing (mechanical) Fluid bearing; Jewel bearing;
In watches and some high quality clocks their arbors have jewel bearings. The going train in a modern clock or watch consists of: First or great wheel attached and ratcheted to the main spring, or cable, barrel. The ratchet allows the main spring or cable barrel to be wound without turning the wheel.
The lower jewel is called the 'hole jewel', the upper one is the 'capstone' or 'end jewel'. This type of bearing is used in watches where friction is critical, such as in the balance wheel pivots. With ordinary bearings (shown in Watch jewel bearing.svg ), when the watch is vertical the shoulder of the shaft bears against the face of the hole ...