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Aluminum
- Joined
- Apr 27, 2019
- Location
- A small town in central Arkansas
I bought a pair of 7205C-P4-DGA bearings from Boca Bearings which touts itself as a maker of high spec bearings. I was a bit disconcerted when I received them only to find they were Chinese. I was expecting them to be a Boca Bearings product. However, Apple, Keysight, Tektronix, Amphenol and a myriad of other high end suppliers have outsourced production to China and it is not uncommon to find counterfeit crap. The problem is so bad that who you buy stuff from matters as much or more as who made them.
Does anyone have any experience with Boca or Xin Ha? I'm particularly concerned about Chinese "4th shift" products, out of spec rejects that get substituted for good parts by an unscrupulous employee in the shipping department. Counterfeiting SKF bearings is an organized crime operation. A bit of sleight of hand by an employee is much harder to police. I already have first hand experience with this in the electronic component field.
Does anyone have any experience with Boca or Xin Ha? I'm particularly concerned about Chinese "4th shift" products, out of spec rejects that get substituted for good parts by an unscrupulous employee in the shipping department. Counterfeiting SKF bearings is an organized crime operation. A bit of sleight of hand by an employee is much harder to police. I already have first hand experience with this in the electronic component field.