Kamatics

Kamatics makes self-lubricating bearings and related components for aerospace, defense, marine and industrial customers. Its headquarters is in Bloomfield, Connecticut. The company traces its start to 1966, when Kaman engineers developed a bearing liner for the rotor flaps of the Navy SH-2 Sea Sprite helicopter, and in 1973 it created the KAron liner system.

Products

• Spherical bearings with KAron self-lubricating liners
• Bushings and journal bearings
• Track rollers and needle rollers
• Wear strips, in standard sizes or custom-cut profiles
• Flexible drive systems: KAflex drive couplings and main drive shafts for rotorcraft and fixed wing aircraft
• Special and low-friction systems built to custom engineering

Engineering

The company states that it has more than 35 design engineers and a test laboratory, and that its research teams develop liner materials and options for demanding applications. It also describes titanium diffusion hardening and custom engineering as part of its work. Customers across North America and Europe are served from Bloomfield.

Company facts

• Origins in 1966; KAron liner system developed in 1973
• KAron liner is described by the company as the first moldable, machinable self-lubricating liner
• Site footer credits Kaman Corporation