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Quality Assurance Testing of a Slewing Bearing

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Quality assurance testing conducted on an exemplar slewing bearing prevented out-of-specification bearings from entering the marketplace with high potential for liability. Load testing, chemical analysis, and microstructural analysis were performed.

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Maciejewski, J. Quality Assurance Testing of a Slewing Bearing. J Fail. Anal. and Preven. 8, 431–433 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11668-008-9159-0

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