KSM was established in January of 1958 in Osaka, Japan by Hiromu Minamiguchi. Their motto is "Higher Quality & Lower Cost" which they achieve by working hard to meet the needs of their customers. KSM specializes in ball bearings, needle roller bearings, spherical roller bearings and mounted units. They currently hold an ISO 9001 Certification.
KSM employs state of the art technology to produce a wide range of deep groove ball and angular contact bearings ball to the exacting JIS standards. Bearings Limited maintains KSM Inventory in the following series for discriminating customers and applications that require Japanese quality. The following series are available from stock:
Ball Bearings
R-Series
The popular inch series is available in both shielded and sealed configurations
1600-Series
Stocked in 2RS configuration, but also available from the factory in ZZ and open subject to lead time & minimums.
5200/5300-Series
2RS / ZZ configurations are available of the popular double row angular contact
bearings with bore sizes up to 60mm
61800 (6800) / 61900 (6900) -Series
The narrow series deep groove ball bearings are available also in
ZZ (shielded)
and 2RS (sealed)
LS (RLS) / MS (RMS) - Series
This imperial inch series is available in the popular ZZ & 2RS
configurations
SS6000 / SS6200 - Series
Constructed of 440 stainless steel, this series is stocked in the 2RS
(Sealed) configuration in all common sizes, and is popular in food processing and caustic environment applications
