When it comes to counterfeit products, most of us think of market stalls selling fake products. Any counterfeit product is a problem and many can cause harm to the customers. Counterfeit bearings have far-reaching consequences, comprising industries’ safety, reliability and performance. These fake products pose safety hazards, lead to reduced operational lifespan and increase maintenance costs.
What Makes them Bad?
The biggest issue is that customers believe they are buying a genuine product and expect it to perform like one. This misconception can result in unexpected failures in applications and potentially cause human injuries.
How to Identify Fake Bearings?
Visual inspection is a commonly used method to identify counterfeit bearings, but it has limitations. Counterfeiting technology has become highly advanced and affordable, allowing counterfeiters to skillfully replicate genuine bearings, making visual inspection unreliable.
Identifying fake bearings is more challenging than it appears. Consumers might struggle to differentiate between genuine and counterfeit bearings due to sophisticated imitations. However, visual inspection can still serve as a starting point in the authentication process, especially for unsuspecting everyday users to identify suspicious packaging.
Visual Inspection and Packaging Analysis
To visually inspect fake bearings, look for markings, the finishing of the products, shipping materials and their packaging.
Markings: Compare the product’s markings with standard packaging. Look for extra markings in unusual places, check spellings and examine the marking pattern.
Finishing of the Product: Fake bearings often have rough finishes on the rolling elements and the roller may appear unusual.
Outer-box Packaging: If you can compare the packaging with a standard product, check the carton or shipping crates. Fake bearings might lack proper markings on the packaged carton. Sometimes, the carton’s colour is different even if the markings are correct.
Bearing Authenticator App
To tackle this problem, there are bearing authenticator apps that allow customers to scan the code on the bearing’s packaging and receive one of three responses indicating if the code is genuine and trustworthy. If the code is genuine but has been scanned numerous times, or if the code is unknown, the bearing is suspected to be fake.
We follow strict guidelines to ensure we only supply genuine, original products to our customers. We work with authorised manufacturers to source our stock, allowing us to offer full traceability of our parts. Our customers can request Certificates of Conformity and Analysis, which we provide. It is advised to report suspicious activities to the premium brand manufacturer and authorities, who investigate and issue detailed reports on the quality of bearings.
Counterfeit bearings not only pose a threat to consumers but also to certain economies and human lives, depending on the industry they are used in.
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