Abstract: An adhesive layer can include a polymer blend of a first polymer and a second polymer. In an embodiment, the first polymer can be a modified fluoropolymer. In another embodiment, the second can be a non-fluorinated polymer. In a particular embodiment, the adhesive layer can include greater than 60 wt. % of the first polymer for the total weight of the polymer blend. A bearing can include the adhesive layer disposed over a substrate.

Abstract: A seal can include a seal body and a coating disposed on a surface of the seal body. The seal body can include a high-performance thermoplastic material. The coating can include a fluoropolymer. In an embodiment, the seal can have a wear rate of at most 3.7×10?6 mm3/(N·m). A method of forming a seal can include forming a seal body and disposing a coating over a surface of the seal body.

Abstract: A seal can include a body including a thermoplastic material and a filler material including a fluoropolymer. The fluoropolymer can include a modified fluoropolymer. The body can include an elongation-at-break of at least 3%. In an embodiment, the seal can include a seal ring, wherein the body of the seal ring can include a weld.

Abstract: A polymer composition including a fluoropolymer composition including greater than 99 wt % polytetrafluoroethylene, where the fluoropolymer composition exhibits a melting temperature of greater than 327° C. at a pressure of 0.1 MPa.

Abstract: A seal can include a body including a thermoplastic material and a filler material including a fluoropolymer. The fluoropolymer can include a modified fluoropolymer. The body can include an elongation-at-break of at least 3%. In an embodiment, the seal can include a seal ring, wherein the body of the seal ring can include a weld.

Abstract: A sliding material including: a substrate, and a textured sliding layer overlying the substrate, where the sliding layer includes asperities including a plurality of apexes and nadirs, where 1) the sliding layer has a root mean square gradient of less than 0.064; 2) the sliding layer has an apex material portion of less than 10%; 3) the sliding layer has a nadir material portion of less than 75%, and where the textured sliding layer induces formation of a film when engaged in a rotational interface w/ another component.

Abstract: Systems and methods include providing a stator vane bushing for a variable stator vane assembly having a movable stator vane and a stator vane housing disposed annularly about the movable stator vane. The bushing includes a flange, a barrel extending from the flange, and a central aperture extending through the flange and the barrel and is disposed in the housing and annularly about the stator vane. The bushing is formed from a ceramic material having a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) lower than or equal to a CTE of one or more of a stator vane and a housing of the variable stator vane assembly.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to an adhesive layer, bearing including the adhesive layer, and methods of forming. The adhesive layer can include a mixture of a first polymer, a second polymer, and a third polymer, wherein the second polymer includes ethylene tetrafluoroethylene, and the third polymer includes a modified ethylene tetrafluoroethylene, ethylene tetrafluoroethylene hexafluoropropylene, or a combination thereof. In a particular embodiment, the first polymer can include an aromatic polymer. In another embodiment, the adhesive layer can have a tensile stress in an extrusion direction of at least 30 MPa.

Abstract: A seal can include a body including a thermoplastic material and a filler material including a fluoropolymer. The fluoropolymer can include a modified fluoropolymer. The body can include an elongation-at-break of at least 3%. In an embodiment, the seal can include a seal ring, wherein the body of the seal ring can include a weld.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that include forming a molded component by providing a raw material formed from a plurality of fibers disposed in a resin, cutting a plurality of layers of the raw material, placing the plurality of layers in a fixture, heating the plurality of layers in the fixture to form a unitary preform, placing the preform in a molding tool having a plurality of pins and an annular cavity formed between each pin and a cavity plate of the molding tool, and applying heat and pressure to the preform to force a portion of the preform into the annular cavities, wherein the fibers of the portion of the preform forced into the annular cavities are reoriented from a first orientation to a second orientation.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to an adhesive layer, bearing including the adhesive layer, and methods of forming. The adhesive layer can include a mixture of a first polymer, a second polymer, and a third polymer, wherein the second polymer includes ethylene tetrafluoroethylene, and the third polymer includes a modified ethylene tetrafluoroethylene, ethylene tetrafluoroethylene hexafluoropropylene, or a combination thereof. In a particular embodiment, the first polymer can include an aromatic polymer. In another embodiment, the adhesive layer can have a tensile stress in an extrusion direction of at least 30 MPa.

Abstract: An adhesive layer can include a polymer blend of a first polymer and a second polymer. In an embodiment, the first polymer can be a modified fluoropolymer. In another embodiment, the second can be a non-fluorinated polymer. In a particular embodiment, the adhesive layer can include greater than 60 wt. % of the first polymer for the total weight of the polymer blend. A bearing can include the adhesive layer disposed over a substrate.

Abstract: A seal can include a seal body and a coating disposed on a surface of the seal body. The seal body can include a high-performance thermoplastic material. The coating can include a fluoropolymer. In an embodiment, the seal can have a wear rate of at most 3.7×10?6 mm3/(N·m). A method of forming a seal can include forming a seal body and disposing a coating over a surface of the seal body.

Abstract: A composite can include a substrate and a conversion coating overlying the substrate and comprising at least one of a zirconium oxide, a hafnium oxide, or a combination thereof. The conversion coating can be formed from a zirconia or hafnia-based complex obtained by reacting at least one of a zirconium ion source, a hafnium ion source, or a combination thereof, with a chelating compound in a reaction and another chelating compound in another reaction.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to an adhesive layer, bearing including the adhesive layer, and methods of forming. The adhesive layer can include a mixture of a first polymer, a second polymer, and a third polymer, wherein the second polymer includes ethylene tetrafluoroethylene, and the third polymer includes a modified ethylene tetrafluoroethylene, ethylene tetrafluoroethylene hexafluoropropylene, or a combination thereof. In a particular embodiment, the first polymer can include an aromatic polymer. In another embodiment, the adhesive layer can have a tensile stress in an extrusion direction of at least 30 MPa.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to bearing and seal assemblies comprising a composite structure which includes a substrate and a layer disposed on the substrate. The layer disposed on the substrate includes a polyimide matrix and a filler dispersed within the polyimide matrix. The filler can be a thermoplastic polymer, such as PTFE, and/or an organic filler. The bearing assembly can exhibit a synergistic improvement in wear resistance and coefficient of friction.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to an adhesive layer, bearing including the adhesive layer, and methods of forming. The adhesive layer can include a mixture of a first polymer, a second polymer, and a third polymer, wherein the third polymer is a modified fluoropolymer of the second polymer. In a particular embodiment, a weight ratio of a weight content of the second polymer to a weight content of the third polymer in the mixture can be at least 12:1. In another particular embodiment, the adhesive layer can have a normalized peel strength of at least 4.8 N/in/microns.

Abstract: A component for a bearing including a substrate having opposite major surfaces spaced apart by a thickness of the substrate, and a plurality of channels extending along the first surface, at least two of the plurality of channels extending in parallel with each other, wherein at least one of the plurality of channels is adapted to receive and secure a polymeric material to the substrate. A method of forming a bearing including providing a substrate having a opposite major surfaces spaced apart by a thickness, forming channels in the substrate, the channels each having a depth extending from the first major surface toward the second major surface, applying a polymeric material to at least a portion of the first major surface, wherein a portion of the polymeric material occupies at least a portion of at least one of the channels, and curing the polymeric material.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to bearing and seal assemblies comprising a composite structure which includes a substrate and a layer disposed on the substrate. The layer disposed on the substrate includes a polyimide matrix and a filler dispersed within the polyimide matrix. The filler can be a thermoplastic polymer, such as PTFE, and/or an organic filler. The bearing assembly can exhibit a synergistic improvement in wear resistance and coefficient of friction.

Abstract: A composite can include a substrate and a conversion coating overlying the substrate and comprising at least one of a zirconium oxide, a hafnium oxide, or a combination thereof. The conversion coating can be formed from a zirconia or hafnia-based complex obtained by reacting at least one of a zirconium ion source, a hafnium ion source, or a combination thereof, with a chelating compound in a reaction and another chelating compound in another reaction.