
JAF, a Japanese niche brand, is officially known as Fujino Iron Works and is located in the Osaka region of Japan. Although JAF may not be a large-scale company, its history can be traced back to 1946 when it was established under the name Sanwa Sanyo Co., Ltd., with the aim of producing bicycle parts. The predecessor of Sanwa Sanyo Co., Ltd., was a bearing industry called Hokoku Bearing Industry Co., Ltd., founded in 1942 and destroyed during World War II. In 1955, Sanwa Sanyo Co., Ltd., changed its name to its current name, Fujino Iron Works Co. Ltd., and started producing and selling ball bearings under the "KKF" trademark. However, due to the similarity between the "KKF" trademark and "SKF," in 1960, Fujino Iron Works changed its trademark to the current "JAF" trademark, following an agreement with SKF from Sweden, and registered it with the Japanese Patent Office. In 1969, JAF opened its second factory in Aoyama, Mie Prefecture, Japan, and began operations there.
Feature & Application
- A large portion of production is dedicated for a large Japanese Ball Bearing company
- In addition to the standard sizes mentioned, JAF offers a wide variety of special bearing products and welcomes your special requirements, including felt ball bearings and track roller ball bearings
- Manufactures up to 55mm OD
- JAF manufactures parts in chrome steel, along with offering options on stainless steel materials
- Modifications to ID and OD are available from JAF
Product Portfolio
In addition to manufacturing standard bearings, JAF also offers various special bearing products, including felt-sealed ball bearings and track roller ball bearings. When it comes to bearing materials, JAF produces not only chrome steel bearings but also a variety of stainless steel ball bearings.
JAF's advantage lies in its ability to meet customers' small-batch special requirements. Specifically, JAF produces metric and inch single-row ball bearings, metric double-row ball bearings, metric and inch self-aligning ball bearings, metric felt-sealed ball bearings, metric track roller ball bearings, metric single-flanged ball bearings, inch spherical outer diameter ball bearings, metric cylindrical outer diameter ball bearings, stainless steel ball bearings, and other special types of ball bearings.
Series Highlights
- WE6000, WE6200, WE6300, W200,W300 (Single Row Ball bearings)
- 5200, 5300, W5200-2RS, W5300-2RS (Double Row Ball bearings)
- 2200-2RS, RL, 1200, 11200, 120 aka I-71200 (Self-Aligning Ball bearings)
- 75E, 76E, EE aka R Series, 77R, 99R, RLS, RMS (Inch Series Single Row Ball bearings)
- 88000, 87000, WC88000, WC87000 (Metric Felt Series Ball bearings)
- LD200-2RS, LD5700ZZ, LD5800ZZ (Track Roller Type bearings)
- SH200, SR200 (Uni-flange Ball Bearings)
- RA200, RA100 (Spherical OD Inch Ball bearings)
- ER100 with snap ring (Cylindrical OD Metric Ball bearings)
- Stainless Steel Ball bearings
- Special Type Ball bearings

