Industries · Bearings & Power Transmission
An ordering app for bearing and power transmission distributors
When a bearing fails or a belt snaps, the plant needs the right part today, and the order starts with a part number read off a worn housing and a phone call. Put your catalog on their phones: they search by their own part number or the bearing number, scan the bin, see their price and reorder, and the order goes straight into your system. Fewer wrong parts and emergency calls, faster quotes on interchanges, and more of the plant's power transmission spend with you. Works with your existing ERP.
Send us your inventory listing
Send us your inventory listing and we put it in your app: bearing and power transmission products like
- Ball & roller bearings
- Mounted bearings & housings
- Belts & sheaves
- Roller chain & sprockets
- Gear reducers & gearmotors
- Couplings, clutches & brakes
- Bushings, collars & keys
- Motors, drives & linear motion
- Seals & lubrication
- Conveyor components & reliability tools
…and many, many more. Every item goes into your app with your part numbers, your customers’ part numbers and their pricing.
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Practical ways for bearing and power transmission distributors to manage customers’ inventory, offer better terms, get paid faster and make more on every account.
Leading manufacturers
ABB Baldor-Reliance motors
NEMA AC and DC motors for industry, including severe-duty, washdown and pump motors.
Dodge Industrial
Mounted bearings, shaft-mount reducers, enclosed gearing and couplings; an RBC Bearings company.
Gates
Industrial V-belts, synchronous belts, sheaves and sprockets for power transmission drives.
Martin Sprocket & Gear
Sprockets, gears, sheaves, bushings and conveyor pulleys, idlers and screw conveyor parts.
NSK Americas
Ball and roller bearings, bearing units, super-precision bearings and linear motion products.
NTN Americas
Ball, tapered, cylindrical and spherical roller bearings and mounted units.
Regal Rexnord
Mounted bearings, gear drives, couplings and chain under brands such as Sealmaster, Browning, Falk and Rexnord.
Schaeffler
Rolling and plain bearings, housings, linear guides and maintenance tools (INA and FAG).
SKF
Bearings, seals, lubrication systems and condition monitoring for industrial machinery.
The Timken Company
Tapered, spherical and cylindrical roller bearings, mounted units, couplings, chain and gear drives.
U.S. Tsubaki
Roller and conveyor chain, sprockets, couplings, clutches and cable carriers.
WEG
Electric motors, variable frequency drives, soft starters and geared motors.
National associations
Power Transmission Distributors Association (PTDA)
Association for the industrial power transmission and motion control distribution channel and the manufacturers that sell through it.
Bearing Specialists Association (BSA)
Association of authorized bearing distributors and their participating manufacturers, with a Certified Bearing Specialist program.
Motion + Power Manufacturers Alliance (AGMA and ABMA)
Gear and bearing manufacturers' alliance formed in 2025 by AGMA and ABMA; publishes gearing and bearing standards and runs the Motion + Power Technology Expo.
Mechanical Power Transmission Association (MPTA)
Manufacturers' group that publishes voluntary standards and bulletins for couplings, sheaves, bushings, bores and keyways.
Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers Association (CEMA)
Conveyor industry association that publishes the CEMA standards used for idlers, pulleys and screw conveyors.
Electrical Apparatus Service Association (EASA)
Association for electric motor, drive, gearbox and pump repair firms, with engineering support and the ANSI/EASA AR100 repair standard.
Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE)
Technical society for lubrication and tribology, with certifications for lubrication specialists.
Vibration Institute
Nonprofit that trains and certifies vibration analysts (Categories I to IV) for machinery condition monitoring.
Industrial Supply Association (ISA)
Channel association for industrial MRO distributors, manufacturers and independent reps.
Buying groups
AD Bearings & Power Transmission Division (AD)
AD division for independent bearing and power transmission distributors (IDC-USA merged into it in 2019), with supplier programs, rebates and an annual North American meeting.
IBC - Industrial Buyers Consortium (IBC)
Buying group of independent industrial distributors, including power transmission distributors, with a national contracts program for manufacturing end users.
Regional associations and chapters
EPTDA (EMEA Power Transmission Distributors Association)
Association of power transmission and motion control distributors and manufacturers across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
British Gear Association
UK trade association for the mechanical power transmission supply chain, including manufacturers and distributors.
VDMA Power Transmission Engineering
German association of makers of gearboxes, drive elements, electric drives and linear technology within VDMA.
State associations
Major trade shows
PTDA Industry Summit
Annual PT/MC channel meeting with the Manufacturer-Distributor Idea Exchange (MD-IDEX).
Motion + Power Technology Expo
Biennial expo for mechanical, electric and fluid power transmission, produced by AGMA (next in Detroit, October 2027).
EASA Convention & Solutions Expo
Annual convention and exhibition for electric motor, drive and rotating equipment service and repair.
ProMat
MHI's material handling and supply chain show in Chicago, covering conveyors and conveyor components.
IFPE
North American exposition for fluid power, power transmission and motion control, held alongside CONEXPO-CON/AGG.
Hannover Messe
Major industrial fair in Germany covering automation, drives, fluid power and manufacturing technology.
Manufacturers, associations, buying groups and shows are listed for reference. Apps for Distributors is not affiliated with them. Spotted an outdated link? Call or text 904-422-1273.
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