The Timken Company announced an average increase of 10 percent in calculated load ratings for Timken tapered roller bearings used in a wide variety of mobile and industrial equipment.With advanced technology engineered into the bearings, perform­ance assessments warrant this increase in predicted life across 20 product types used in industries such as rail and vehicle systems, mining and aggregate, agriculture and food processing, and energy genera­tion from wind, coal, oil and gas.Based on extensive lifecycle testing, Timken's higher performance translate into greater value, with longer predicted useful beari­ng life and heavier load-carrying capacity.