• Over 90 years of experience in providing customized design solutions
• Over 30 years of experience making automotive rear door hold-open and power lift gate bearings
• Robust ISO/IATF 16949 Quality System
• Custom-designed materials, heat treatment, lubrication and part geometry
• Durability testing to baseline design performance
• FEA analysis to accelerate and validate the development process
• Project management expertise
• Talented design engineers who become part of your engineering team
• Highly skilled non-union workforce
• Value-added product features, such as integral attachment mechanisms and injection molded components
• High volume capability from our Syracuse, NY facility

Key Considerations

• Bearing design and manufacturing for vehicular rear door hold-open applications are particularly challenging due to the required compactness and durability of the designs. Power lift gate applications require a compact bearing design that supports the thrust loading and correctly facilitates the gear meshing within the mechanism. Kilian overcomes these application challenges with time-tested designs that provide excellent performance.
• Bearings are specifically designed for the unique application parameters.
• Materials, heat treatment, plating, lubrication and part geometry are selected for each component based on application criteria.
• Proprietary lubrications, engineered plastics, custom race geometries, and electroplating are individually specified to satisfy each customer’s unique performance requirements.