is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . september 2012 auburn bearing & manufacturing type privately held industry manufacturing founded auburn new york 1893 area served international key people peter j. schroth general manager products ball thrust bearings roller thrust bearings special thrust bearings website www.auburnbearing.com auburn bearing & manufacturing is a manufacturer of ball roller thrust bearings established in 1893 in auburn ny . its products are designed with a v groove raceway which reduces friction by containing the ball bearings with four points of contact . auburn bearing & manufacturing is one of the oldest continuously operating bearing manufacturers in the united states today . contents 1 history 2 the company today 3 references 4 external links history edit in 1860 mark dean knowlton founded a paper box manufacturing business in chicago operating as m.d. knowlton and company . the business prospered until the great chicago fire destroyed it in 1871 . 1 mr. knowlton immediately rebuilt his business . in the early 1880s he sold the paper box manufacturing portion of the business in order to concentrate on inventing production machinery for the paper box manufacturing industry . in 1888 mr. knowlton left chicago and moved to rochester new york where he formed a partnership with fred h. beach known as knowlton & beach . in 1893 knowlton & beach introduced to the market a near frictionless ball bearing . in 1900 they incorporated the business as the rochester ball bearing company . in 1901 knowlton & beach acquired the auburn new york based auburn ball bearing company which became a division of knowlton & beach . 2 auburn ball bearing manufactured ball and roller thrust bearings . their primary product auburn four point cone contact ball thrust bearings was designed with a v groove raceway which contains the balls with four points of contact . 3 auburn ball bearing company manufactured various sizes and configurations of their v groove thrust bearings for applications in industries including paper box manufacturing railroad jacks u.s. submarines and u.s. government light houses . early company documentation illustrates auburn ball bearings were used to support revolving lenses in the carysfort reef light jupiter inlet light and the st. simons island light in the early twentieth century . 3 ball bearing in a v groove raceway showing four points of contact . mr. beach sold his interest in knowlton & beach in 1904 4 and later that year the company was incorporated in new york as m.d. knowlton company . 5 mr. knowlton served as president until his death in 1906 . his son colonel frederick k. knowlton served as president until his death in 1939 . the business continued through the war years and post war period under family direction . in 1969 and 1970 m.d. knowlton company moved operations to victor new york . 2 the company today edit on august 18 2006 fairport products a designer and manufacturer of power transmission parts acquired the auburn ball bearing division of m.d. knowlton company . on june 10 2013 the two companies became one under the name auburn bearing & manufacturing and continue operations today in macedon new york . 6 they continue to manufacture the original thrust bearings with the unique v groove raceway which is designed to reduce rolling friction and can carry larger radial loads than typical thrust bearings in a round groove design . 7 they also manufacture round groove industry standard bearings . auburn ball bearing specializes in custom hard to find bearings in low to mid volume . their products are distributed by a network of industrial distributors including motion industries kaman industrial technologies and applied industrial technologies . references edit peck william f. 1908 . history of rochester and monroe county new york from the earliest historic times to the beginning of 1907 . new york and chicago the pioneer publishing company . pp. 530 531 . a b about langley history . langley manufacturing division of the m.d. knowlton company . retrieved 21 july 2011 . a b ball bearing engineering . auburn ny auburn ball bearing company . 1920 . peck william f. 1908 . history of rochester and monroe county new york from the earliest historic times to the beginning of 1907 . new york and chicago the pioneer publishing company . pp. 973 974 . nys department of state division of corporations entity information . nys department of state division of corporations . retrieved 21 july 2011 . fairport products acquires auburn ball bearing . manufacturing news . march 2007 . retrieved 21 july 2011 . auburn ball bearing . auburn ball bearing company . retrieved 21 july 2011 . external links edit auburn bearing & manufacturing company website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title auburn ball bearing company & oldid 698430324 categories rolling 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