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Thrust Bearings

Unidirectional thrust ball bearing includes a shaft washer, a housing washer and a set of steel ball-cage. The bearing can be separated, and the shaft washer, housing washer, steel ball-cage can be installed separately. Unidirectional thrust ball bearing is mainly used to withstand one-way axial loads and can be used for one-way axial positioning. Read more...

Reduction of hot oil carry-over in high-speed turbomachinery bearings

Tilting pad journal bearings are used in turbomachines like turbo compressors, turbo gearboxes, gas turbines, and steam turbines. By increasing the power density, the applied loads and velocities have been increased simultaneously over the last decades. To overcome conservative operation limits it... Read more...

Read the success case on how to solve hot running bearings

The Advantage design reduces hot oil carry over between pads à reduced the bearing temperturey by 38F / 21C!

• Longer lifetime of your machine
• Safer operation
• Lower oil aging
• Higher performance

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Equalizing Tilting Pad Thurst Bearings feature an upper and lower leveling link between the thrust pads and the thrust retainer. The function of the leveling links are to equalize the load each thrust shoe carries by compensating for manufacturing tolerances of the thrust pad heights, minor housing deflection or minor misalignment between the thrust bearing housing support and the collar... Read more...

White Paper - Material Selection for Hydrodynamic Bearings

Bearing materials play a significant role in hydrodynamic fluid film bearing performance. Continuing materials development has expanded the ability of fluid film bearings to meet stringent application goals.

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Experimental Performance Study of a High Speed Oil Lubricated Polymer Thrust Bearing Read more...

Bearing type designed according to DIN norm 31694. Mounted onto the machine, so that half of the bearing housing is inside, and the other half outside of the machine. Upon request, thread holes can be provided to meet 541 & 546 API norm requests.

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Bearings literally make the world go round. They are called “bearings” because they “bear” the stress of an application’s moving parts.

The two major bearing classifications are radial bearings and axial bearings. Radial bearings create a force that radiates out from the axis or is perpendicular to the axis. When axial bearings are in use the f... Read more...

Relative Motion

A bearing allows relative motion between two surfaces with minimal friction.

In a rolling element bearing, the primary motion is a rolling motion using a ball or roller. There is direct contact between the ball/roller and the inner and outer surfaces (races).

In a fluid film bearing, the relative motion between the two surfaces is a sliding motion on... Read more...

Turbine and generator manufacturers are often confronted with issues related to the project’s specific characteristics, which influences the performance of the bearings used. In fact, some of these working conditions are a great challenge to the bearing manufacturer.

Turbine or generator design changes and consequently new requirements for bearings make a close partnership b... Read more...