Flexure Pivot Thrust Bearings
Flexure Pivot tilt pad thrust bearings can be retrofit in small spaces where only flat or taper land thrust plates would typically fit, allowing load capacity upgrades without the need for housing modifications.
Thrust Plates
For applications with low thrust loads, limited space and negligible misalignment, Bearings Plus designs and supplies thrust plates with simple or compound taper land faces.
Depending on size and predicted bearing temperatures under the designed load and oil viscosity, thrust plate bearing materials can include babbitt, copper, bronze and polymer.
Simple Versus Compound Taper
A simple taper design, incorporating a straight tapered region on the thrust surface, provides more load capacity than a smooth thrust surface.
A compound taper design has taper in more than one direction and offers a higher load capacity than the simple taper design.
Technical Data
- Sizes to over 910 mm (36″)
- Surface speeds up to 60 m/sec (200 ft/sec)
- Unit loads up to 2.4 MPa (350 psi)
- Flat land and taper land
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Bearings Plus provides replacements and upgrades for fixed profile and tilt pad bearings, and offers proprietary solutions to improve stability, increase load capacity and lower power loss.
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