Why Choosing the Right Bearing Is Often Underestimated

Bearing selection is one of the key tasks in mechanical engineering—and, at the same time, one of the most common time-consuming tasks in Design. What sounds simple in theory quickly becomes a challenge in practice: service life calculations, radial and axial load components, installation conditions, preload, selection of suitable manufacturer bearings… Comparing multiple alternatives is time-consuming—and prone to errors.

Design engineers regularly face the same questions:

• Which type of bearing is technically suitable for my application?
• What options are available on the market?
• How can I quickly and objectively compare multiple manufacturers?

Manually searching through catalogs or PDF documents is tedious, often confusing, and prone to errors.

Comparing bearings made easy: MDESIGN integrates manufacturer data and calculations

This is where MDESIGN comes in—as intelligent calculation software that combines theory, standards, and real-world product data. The goal: fast, transparent, and reliable bearing selection, directly within the design process.

Manufacturer data directly integrated

MDESIGN provides access to a wide range of real-world rolling bearing data from leading manufacturers—directly within the system, always up-to-date, and organized in a way that allows for easy comparison.

Comparison Function at the Touch of a Button

Instead of manually entering values, various bearing solutions can be automatically compared and technically evaluated—including load capacity, service life, and utilization.

Standard-based calculation in accordance with DIN and ISO

Service life calculations are performed in accordance with recognized standards—such as DIN ISO 281—and take into account both nominal and modified service life.

Smart Assistance Features for Greater Efficiency

Users benefit from additional features, especially when dealing with more complex requirements:

• Interactive calculation wizards guide you reliably through the design process
• Technical filters help narrow down suitable bearing solutions more quickly
• Result charts make load-bearing capacity, load, and utilization easy to understand at a glance

This transforms a time-consuming comparison of catalogs into a structured, transparent decision-making process—one that is technically sound, documentable, and efficient.

Avoid Errors, Improve Safety: Your Benefits with MDESIGN

An incorrectly selected rolling bearing can shorten the service life of entire systems. This makes it all the more important to select the right bearing—especially for high loads, long operating times, or safety-critical applications.

MDESIGN Design brings simulation and catalog data together—for greater confidence in decision-making, shorter development times, and demonstrably better results.