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Summary
Auburn Bearing & Manufacturing is a small, privately held Macedon, New York company that designs and manufactures ball and roller thrust bearings and custom machined components, and is known for its “V” groove raceway design. Its website traces the thrust-bearing tradition to the Auburn Ball Bearing Company (founded 1898 in Auburn, NY); Fairport Products bought that product line in 2006 and moved it to Macedon, and the two companies merged under the current name on June 10, 2013. A trade report says it has since expanded into American-made precision radial bearings, and third-party listings say it specializes in custom, obsolete and hard-to-find thrust bearings at low to mid volumes. Its relevance to robotics is as a domestic source of thrust and custom bearings for joints and slewing mechanisms; no robotics statement was found on the company pages reviewed.
Key Facts
- HQ: 4 State Route 350, Macedon, New York
- Origin: Thrust-bearing manufacturing tradition dating to 1898 (Auburn Ball Bearing Company); merged with Fairport Products on June 10, 2013
- Ownership: Privately held; Peter J. Schroth listed as owner/president and general manager (third-party sources)
- Certifications: ISO 9001:2015 reported by a third-party directory; not confirmed on the company pages reviewed
- Distribution: Industrial distributors including Motion Industries, Kaman Industrial Technologies, Applied Industrial Technologies and Bearing Distributors, Inc. (company history page)
Products and Capabilities
- Standard and custom thrust ball bearings and roller thrust bearings
- Custom machined components; modification of other makers’ bearings
- American-made precision radial bearings (added via an acquisition of Aurotek TSB operations, per trade press)
Notes
- The company homepage returned a verification screen in the direct fetch; details above come from search-indexed company pages and third-party listings.
- Founding years in directory listings vary (1898 versus 1989); the company history page points to 1898.
OpenTree Map Listing
Pinned on the OpenTree US component map at Macedon, NY (family on map: Bearings; grouping approximate). OpenTree pins rely on the company’s own website and are unverified.
Claim Verification
Claim: Manufactures in Macedon, NY
Status: Unverified (company and third-party listings; no independent audit)
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