Journal bearing design is complex. It involves optimizing clearances, bearing length, minimum film lubricant, viscosity, flow rate, and inlet slots. Design equations are available, but their solution ...

Precision high-speed machining requires low-friction bearings that provide dynamic stability. Hybrid bearings with ceramic balls run faster and have higher stiffness than comparable all-steel bearings ...

SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Researchers at Southwest Research Institute have designed and built a 60,000 rpm gas bearing test rig to test the rotordynamic stability of gas bearings. The use of gas ...

The trend toward energy-efficient bearings has produced a shift in the traditional design focus of increasing capacity to a higher priority on reducing friction. For specific bearing types and key ...

Significant operating and economic benefits can be realized by replacing a poorly functioning or damaged oil-lubricated turbine guide bearing with a water-lubricated design (Figure 1), as part of a ...

A new wheel bearing from German supplier Schaeffler could lead to efficiency improvements in battery-electric vehicles. The supplier's new TriFinity design differs from standard two-row ball bearings ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Historically, posterior stabilized and cruciate-retaining knee bearings have been popular bearing types among ...

CHICAGO — Posterior-stabilized (PS) bearings used in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) may increase the risk of revision compared with bearings of other design, new data suggest. That possiblity has ...