Kamatics, a subsidiary of Kaman Corporation, was founded in 1966 to address the growing market for helicopter production. They are best known as the inventor and innovator of the self-lube bearing lining systems KAron and KAtherm. These specialty solutions are for high load, low wear, low friction applications. Kamatics has over 50 years of experience serving North America and Europe, primarily concentrating on self-lubricated bearings for aerospace applications such as turbine engines, aircraft flight controls, and landing gear. In recent years, the Kaman group has acquired RWG Frankenjura and GRW, significantly strengthening their foothold in the European civil and military sector.
Kamatics provides bearing solutions that offer significant advantages over other traditional self-lubricating bearings, increasing performance and life cycle benefits that have proven effective in the most demanding Aviation, Marine and Industrial applications around the globe. Their line of KAron self-lubricated bearings are widely used throughout the Hydro Power, Marine, Industrial, and Motorsport industries. KAron bearings offer industry-leading performance while lowering the total cost of ownership for customers by eliminating the need for lubrication and maintenance.
In addition to superior products, Kamatics provides Engineering service with every potential application. National Precision Bearings is proud to work with Kamatics’ dedicated team of engineers to provide application specific bearing solutions for our customers.