Abstract: A high-precision slide bearing includes a substrate of sintered metal and a synthetic resin layer. The bearing can be used for rotary shafts in compressors of room air-conditioners or in transmissions of motor vehicles and construction machines to support relatively large radial and axial loads. The resin layer is integrally superposed on the radially inner surface of the sintered metal substrate of the slide bearing, which is a cylindrical member. The resin layer is made of a resin composition of an aromatic polyetherketone resin containing a fibrous filler. The fibrous filler is made up of fibers dispersed in the resin layer and oriented such that their length directions intersect the rotational direction of the bearing at angles of 45 to 90 degrees. The resin layer has a thickness of 0.1 to 0.7 mm.

Abstract: A sleeve for use in repairing a shaft having an unworn diameter and a worn diameter, the sleeve providing a fresh bearing surface for a split roller bearing, comprising: two halves which, when joined, define a cylinder having a diameter adapted to firmly engage a portion of unworn diameter shaft at each end; bolts holes adapted to releasably affix the halves together, and bolts adapted to attach the halves thereby; joiner pin holes defined in at least one intersection between the halves, the joiner holes adapted to receive joiner pins therein and adapted to serve as a stable joinder point for the halves, and joiner pins adapted to be firmly engaged therein; a smooth bearing surface defined on an external surface of the sleeve; and a split roller bearing adapted to engage the bearing surface. A method for field manufacture of said sleeve.

Abstract: A method of forming a corrosion resistant bushing includes bonding a sliding layer to a first surface of a load bearing substrate to form a laminate sheet and cutting a blank from the laminate sheet. The laminate sheet includes an exposed surface corresponding to a second surface of the load bearing substrate. The blank includes cut edges having a load bearing substrate portion. The method further includes forming a semi-finished bushing from the blank, and applying a corrosion resistant coating to the exposed surface and the load bearing substrate portion of the cut edges to form the corrosion resistant bushing.

Abstract: A wind power plant having a sliding bearing with a first and second bearing component which are arranged to rotate relative to one another about a common rotational axis is provided. The sliding bearing has at least one sliding lining arranged between the first and second bearing component and has a contact face with a lubricant. The contact face has a sliding lining duct opening to a sliding lining duct, wherein the sliding lining duct crosses the sliding lining and feeds lubricant into a region between the first and second bearing component. The sliding lining has a groove on the contact face, surrounding the sliding lining duct opening. An operation of the wind power plant to generate electric current is also provided. The sliding bearing operates hydrostatically during a startup phase of the rotational movement and/or operates hydrodynamically during a phase of the rotational movement with a constant rotational speed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a split inner ring for an adjustable guide blade arrangement, having a ring segment arrangement with at least two ring segments (1, 2) and a bearing bush arrangement with at least one bearing bush (5) for mounting an adjustable guide blade (4) of the guide blade arrangement, in which a ring segment and another ring segment of the ring segment arrangement can be joined together by the bearing bush arrangement.

Abstract: A sliding bearing having a composite layer comprising carbon nanostructures (6) incorporated within a metallic matrix (5), and a method of manufacture of such a sliding bearing by electroplating.

Abstract: A slide bearing for internal combustion engines includes a metal layer having an inner peripheral surface extending along at least a part of a cylindrical shape and a resin coating layer formed on the inner peripheral surface. The inner peripheral surface has annular or helical groove sections extending in a generally circumferential direction of a cylindrical shape such that the inner peripheral surface has protrusion sections, which are arranged adjacent to each other in an axial direction of the cylindrical shape and which extend in the generally circumferential direction. The resin coating layer matches the shapes of the groove sections and the protrusion sections. When t is average coating thickness of the resin coating layer at positions different from crests of the protrusion sections and Rpk is reduced peak height of the resin coating layer, t and Rpk satisfy the following relations: 1.0 ?m?t?5.0 ?m; and 0.06?Rpk/t?5.04.

Abstract: A tolerance ring with functional layers has an annular band and an elastomeric layer. The assembly also may have a low friction layer, which may be bonded, calendared or laminated thereto. The low friction material may completely encapsulate the annular band.

Abstract: Provided is a copper-based sliding material including a steel back-metal layer and a Cu alloy layer. The Cu alloy layer contains, by mass %, 10 to 30% of Bi, 0.5 to 5% of an inorganic compound, and the balance being Cu and inevitable impurities. The Cu alloy layer may further contain 0.5 to 5% of Sn and/or at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ni, Fe, P and Ag in a total amount of 0.1 to 10%. The inorganic compound has an average particle size of 1 to 5 ?m and a specific gravity of 70 to 130% relative to the specific gravity of Bi. Bi phase is formed in the Cu alloy layer in an average particle size of 2 to 15 ?m, and the Bi phase is dispersed in the Cu alloy layer and isotropic.

Abstract: The present invention concerns the down hole motors used in the oil prospecting industry to drive drill bits for drilling the ground at great depths. The down hole motor (1) comprises a drive shaft (5) held in the motor body (3) by an axial thrust bearing (6) and by a radial bearing (7). The radial bearing (7) is a tubular member whose interior surface is coated with an anti-abrasion layer (11) formed by laser-assisted facing directly inside an alloy steel radial bearing body (10). The thickness of the facing layer is then reduced by removing material by means of a cutting tool. This produces a radial bearing (7) that is relatively insensitive to drilling mud and confers great reliability on the down hole motor (1).

Abstract: A bearing element for a sliding bearing is configured to support a drive shaft of a hydraulic machine. The bearing element is connected to the drive shaft so as to prevent relative rotation and has an outer annular surface configured to provide sliding support. A supporting web is formed between a location at which the bearing element is fixed to the drive shaft and the outer annular surface. The supporting web is elastically deformable to compensate for deflection of the drive shaft and/or an alignment error of sliding bearings of the drive shaft. A sliding bearing has a bearing element of this kind, and a hydraulic machine has at least one sliding bearing of this kind.

Abstract: A bushing can include a load bearing substrate having a first major surface, an adhesive film overlying the first major surface, and a friction reducing layer overlying the adhesive film. A method can include extruding an adhesive film, laminating a friction reducing layer to a load bearing substrate with the adhesive film therebetween to form a composite, and shaping the composite to form a bushing. The adhesive film can include a first adhesive layer, such as and a fluoropolymer layer. The adhesive layer can include a modified ethylene tetrafluoroethylene, and the fluoropolymer layer can include an ethylene tetrafluoroethylene.

Abstract: A bush bearing includes a bearing body having an inner peripheral surface which is brought into contact with a cylindrical outer peripheral surface of a rotating shaft portion so as to be rotatable in a first direction, a groove provided on an outer peripheral surface of the bearing body so as to extend in the first direction, and an elastic ring fitted on said groove and having a pair of projecting portions and a portion, the pair of projecting portions partially projecting radially outward from the outer peripheral surface of said bearing body in second direction, the portion being provided at positions in the first direction between the pair of projecting portions, and not projecting radially outward from the outer peripheral surface of the bearing body.

Abstract: A high-cycle, short range-of-motion linkage apparatus is provided for actuating a positioning device. The linkage apparatus includes a pivot member having a head portion configured to receive by plastic deformation a bearing assembly therein. The head portion defines a bore therein having a substantially cylindrical inner surface that defines an inner diameter having a first center point. The head portion further defines a truncated arcuate outer surface, a portion of which defines a radius of curvature and a second center point. A stem having a central axis extends from the pivot member along the central axis in a first direction. The second center point is offset from the first center point in the first direction and a distance between the first center point and the second center point, measured along the central axis, is in the range of up to about 33% of the radius of curvature.

Abstract: An aircraft component has an exterior surface and a protective nanocoating carried by the exterior surface. An aircraft has an engine, a fuselage, and a component having an exterior surface and a protective nano coating carried by the exterior surface. A method of protecting an aircraft component includes selecting at least one harmful environmental component and applying a protective nanocoating to the aircraft component, wherein the protective nanocoating is configured to protect the aircraft component from the selected harmful environmental component.

Abstract: The invention relates to a bearing system having a bearing pair made up of at least one bearing and at least one running partner, wherein a coating which comprises a layer of which the main constituent is amorphous SiO2 is applied to at least one running surface of the bearing pair.

Abstract: A bearing assembly comprises a bearing, a shim disposed within the bearing, and a component disposed within the shim. The shim comprises a first material, the component comprises a second material, and the first material has an elastic modulus value that is lower than an elastic modulus value of the second material. An apparatus comprises an elastomeric bearing, a fiberglass shim, and a steel spindle that is connected to the elastomeric bearing through the shim. A method for reducing strain in an adhesive layer that connects a bearing to a component comprises selecting a shim material having an elastic modulus value that is less than an elastic modulus value of the component and providing instructions to connect the component to the shim by placing the adhesive layer between an outer surface of the component and an inner surface of the shim.

Abstract: A bearing with axial variations may include two or more different zones along its axial length either on the surface of a bore formed in the main body of the bearing with axial variations or on the outside diameter thereof. Each zone may include one or more radial holes in fluid communication with one or more grooves, respectively, wherein each groove may be positioned adjacent an interface between a rotating member and a non-rotating member.

Abstract: A pump assembly with a rotatable rotor shaft (10), wherein the rotor shaft (10) includes at least one axial bearing (36, 40) and a radial bearing (30, 32), which are integrated into a common bearing assembly (16).

Abstract: A support member with excellent contact with the member to which the support member is attached, that is, a metal support member which supports a shaft directly or through a bearing and which has a plurality of the projections at its outer circumferential surface, wherein the plurality of the projections are formed at the outer circumferential surface as a whole at the time of casting of the support member and wherein at least part of the projections have thin-waisted shapes or a plastic support member which supports a shaft directly or through a bearing and which has a plurality of the projections at its outer circumferential surface, wherein the plurality of the projections are formed at the outer circumferential surface as a whole at the time of molding of the support member and wherein at least part of the projections have thin-waisted shapes.

Abstract: A bearing apparatus includes: (a) an inner member comprising rigid material with a first contact surface; (b) an outer member comprising rigid material with a second contact surface; (c) an annular intermediate member between the inner and outer members, and having: (i) a third contact surface including first bearing elements contacting the first contact surface to define a first bearing interface, each first bearing element including a raised central portion flanked beam portions; and (ii) a fourth contact surface including second bearing elements contacting the second contact surface to define a second bearing interface, each second bearing element including a raised central portion flanked by a pair of beam portions; (d) wherein the contact surfaces of each bearing interface are wear-resistant; and (e) wherein the bearing elements are shaped and sized so as to conform in an irregular shape to the at least one contact surface.

Abstract: The present invention concerns the down hole motors used in the oil prospecting industry to drive drill bits for drilling the ground at great depths. The down hole motor (1) comprises a drive shaft (5) held in the motor body (3) by an axial thrust bearing (6) and by a radial bearing (7). The radial bearing (7) is a tubular member whose interior surface is coated with an anti-abrasion layer (11) formed by laser-assisted facing directly inside an alloy steel radial bearing body (10). The thickness of the facing layer is then reduced by removing material by means of a cutting tool. This produces a radial bearing (7) that is relatively insensitive to drilling mud and confers great reliability on the down hole motor (1).

Abstract: Systems and methods for reducing or preventing electrical arcing within rotor bearings in induction motors by positioning an electrically conductive ring between the outer race and the housing of the bearing. In one embodiment, a bearing has a cylindrical housing within which an outer race is positioned. An inner race is positioned coaxially within the outer race and rotates within the outer race. An electrically conductive ring is positioned between the outer race and the housing to allow electrical current to be conducted between them. This prevents electrical potential from building up between the outer race and the housing, and prevents arcing between them. The conductive ring may be formed by joining the two ends of a coil spring to form a loop around the outer race. The spring may be positioned in a groove in the outer periphery of the outer race.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a resin composition whose flowability is secured when the resin composition is injection-molded into injection-molded articles such as a resin-made crown-shaped cage and a resin-made seal both for a rolling bearing and a resin-made sliding bearing and which is capable of enhancing the mechanical strengths and toughnesses of these injection-molded articles to such an extent that these injection-molded articles can be used as bearing members. The resin composition is formed into a molded article and used as a bearing member. The resin composition is composed of polyamide resin or polyester resin to which polycarbodiimide is added. The polyamide resin is at least one resin selected from among polyamide 66 resin and polyamide 11 resin. The polyester resin is polytrimethylene terephthalate resin. 0.5 to 6 wt % of the polycarbodiimide is contained in an entirety of the resin composition.

Abstract: A bearing lining has a bearing backing layer provided with a coating comprising a first overlay layer and a second overlay layer, the first overlay layer being provided between the bearing backing layer and the second overlay layer. The first and second overlay layers each comprise a matrix material and a soft-phase material that is substantially insoluble in the matrix and dispersed within the matrix as soft-phase particles. The first overlay layer comprises a higher proportion by weight of a grain size reduction additive than the second overlay layer.

Abstract: A plain bearing shell includes a slide face of which, in the region of the apex of the plain bearing shell, is convexly curved in the axial direction at least at the edge regions, wherein the curvature is at its most pronounced at the apex of the plain bearing shell and decreases continuously in the circumferential direction of the plain bearing shell toward the two partial surfaces. A method for producing such a plain bearing shell is also provided.

Abstract: A wear-indicating bearing and method of detecting wear in a bearing are disclosed. The bearing includes a bearing stack having a first end and a second end with a longitudinal axis defined between the first and second ends. The bearing stack includes a plurality of elastomeric layers sandwiched between non-elastomeric shim layers, where each layer is concentric about the longitudinal axis. At least one elastomeric layer is a marker layer configured to indicate wear of the bearing. The marker layer is made up of a first elastomeric composition and a second elastomeric composition, wherein the first and second elastomeric compositions have optically different characteristics. Upon fatigue of the bearing, the first elastomeric composition is detectable through a fracture extending from an exterior surface of the bearing stack.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a bearing or tolerance ring having multiple functional layers including an annular metallic band and an elastomeric layer. The tolerance ring also includes a low friction layer that is bonded to the other layers. The elastomeric layer of the present invention provides soft performance to reduce noise and vibration without diminishing performance.

Abstract: A high strength, low friction engineered material includes a low friction material filling interstices of a metal microlattice. The metal typically comprises 5 volume % to 25 volume % and the interstices typically comprise 75 volume % to 95 volume %, based on the total volume of the metal microlattice and the interstices. The low friction material preferably fills 100 volume % of the interstices. The metal microlattice can be formed of a single layer, or multiple layers, for example layers of nickel, copper, and tin. The low friction material is typically a polymer, such as polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), polyamide (PAI), polyetheretherketone (PEEK), polyethylene (PE), or polyoxymethylene (POM). The low friction material can also include additive particles to modify the material properties. The engineered material can be used in various automotive applications, for example as a bearing, or non-automotive applications.

Abstract: To provide a sliding member which can control a relationship between dynamic friction force and static friction force, a sliding member 1 constitutes a bearing having a cylindrical shape and its internal circumferential surface is a sliding layer 2 along a shaft. The sliding member 1 is provided a surface of the sliding layer 2 with uneven surface 6. The uneven surface 6 has the line-like projections 6a, vertexes of which are arranged in gridlike fashion, in the embodiment, to prevent an oil film from being formed and to make the dynamic friction force larger and keep the rate of change in the dynamic friction force in relation to the static friction force smaller. The sliding layer is configured so that a porous layer made of alloy material is formed on a surface of a metal substrate and the resin filled into the porous layer is sintered.

Abstract: A roller grill bearing assembly that can be adapted to fit on any size roller grill or roller tubes. The bearing assembly substantially increases the bearing land on the roller grill housing and increases the bearing area over the land. The bearing assembly permits the bearing apparatus to be snapped in place on the stamped opening on a sheet metal side panel as done using current manufacturing methods. Further, the bearing assembly can be produced using current manufacturing techniques without significantly changing the cost of production. Most importantly, the invention substantially increases the life span of the bearing.

Abstract: An oil-impregnated sintered which does not damage rotating shaft and itself and has a high durability even in the case that the rotating shaft is inclined in the bearing by a large shear load applied thereto, and a method of manufacturing an oil-impregnated sintered bearing which exhibits center deviation-suppressing action of the bearing satisfactorily by accurately forming a bearing hole in an intermediate completely sintered are disclosed.

Abstract: The invention concerns a bearing assembly (2) of a steering column lever on a steering column part (1) of a motor vehicle, wherein the steering column lever is mounted on the steering column part (1) pivotably at least indirectly via a bearing (5, 9) having a main bearing point (26, 28) which is formed by a main bearing journal (4, 10) and a corresponding main bearing sleeve (20, 21). The bearing (5, 9) has an additional bearing journal (7, 11) which is arranged concentrically in relation to the main bearing journal (4, 10) and in particular has a smaller diameter than the main bearing journal (4, 10), wherein the additional bearing journal (7, 11) and a corresponding additional bearing sleeve (17, 23) form an additional bearing point (27, 29) of the bearing (5, 9), and wherein the main bearing point (26, 28) is formed with play and the additional bearing point (27, 29) without play.

Abstract: A bushing for a bearing assembly is provided. The bushing includes a tubular sleeve having an inner surface and an outer surface. An inner circumferential channel is provided on the inner surface of the bushing. An outer channel is provided diagonally on the outer surface of the bushing and is configured to be in fluid communication with a lubricant supply path. Further, the bushing includes a port connecting the inner channel and the outer channel of the bushing.

Abstract: A bicycle pedal can include a pedal body configured to rotate about a spindle. The pedal can also include one or more bearing systems to reduce friction between the pedal body and the spindle. The spindle can act as the inner bearing race for one or more of the bearing systems. A bearing body can act as the outer bearing race for one or more of the bearing systems.

Abstract: A sliding bearing for structural engineering applications, in particular for civil works such as bridges, buildings, structures that are required at the same time to withstand vertical loads and to allow relative movements and/or rotations, and structures to be protected against seismic events, said bearing having a low friction coefficient and being suitable for being used in severe operating conditions, both due to the loads applied and to particularly high operating temperatures. The bearing, which is of the type comprising a first part (2) connected to a supporting structure (P), a second part (3) connected to an element (G) to be supported by the supporting structure (P) and means suitable for allowing said second part (3) to translate and/or rotate with respect to said first part (2), the means comprising plates (4) and/or strips of a low-friction polymer material, is characterized in that the low-friction material is a polyamide.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to bushings produced with adapted dovetails for production on a carrying web of a progressive stamping machine at a plurality of stations. The bushing includes a regular shape male dovetail inserted into an irregular shape crenellated female opening at the conclusion of a plurality of operations at stations on a progressive stamping machine. Once the bushing is bent in shape, in a subsequent step, the regular shape male dovetail is punched to lock in place into the irregular shape crenellated female opening.

Abstract: Various embodiments relate to polycrystalline diamond (“PCD”) bearing pads having first and second bearing pad portions that exhibit different wear rates, and bearing assemblies and apparatuses (e.g., thrust-bearing apparatuses and radial bearing apparatuses) that utilize such PCD bearing pads. In an embodiment, a PCD bearing pad for use in a bearing assembly of a subterranean drilling system includes a PCD bearing pad body including a plurality of directly-bonded together diamond grains. The PCD bearing pad body further includes a first bearing pad portion exhibiting a first wear resistance, and a second bearing pad portion exhibiting a second wear resistance greater than the first wear resistance.

Abstract: A method of reducing corrosion of a corrosive metal containing work piece includes providing a corrosive metal containing work piece having a non-planar surface. The method can further include covering at least about 10% of the non-planar surface with a laminate. The laminate can include an aluminum alloy mesh having a first major surface and a second major surface. The laminate can further include a sliding layer overlying the first major surface. The sliding layer can be in direct contact with the aluminum alloy mesh. In another aspect, a corrosion protection article can include a bushing. The bushing can be in a non-planar shape. The bushing can further be shaped to enfold a work piece. The bushing can include an aluminum alloy mesh having a first major surface and include a sliding layer overlying the first major surface. The sliding layer can be in direct contact with the aluminum alloy mesh.

Abstract: The invention relates to a hand-held power tool having a bearing ring (19) inserted into a bearing receptacle (18), wherein the bearing receptacle (18) and the bearing ring (19) have recessed ring sectors (17) positioned relative to one another in an overlapping manner, of which the ring sector (17) of the bearing ring is configured by breaking out a circumferential section (22) of the bearing ring (19), which is defined by predetermined breaking points (20).

Abstract: A composite bearing member 10 includes: a bearing sliding material 20 whose surface contacts a rotating portion; a bearing base material 30 made of a material different from a material constituting the bearing sliding material 20; and a joining layer 40 joining the bearing sliding material 20 and the bearing base material 30. Further, the bearing sliding material 20 has a sliding layer 50 sliding the rotating portion on a surface. Furthermore, the bearing sliding material 20 has, between the sliding layer 50 and the joining layer 40, a composition graded layer 60 which dispersedly contains the same metal material as a metal material constituting the joining layer 40 and in which a content of the metal material is increased toward the joining layer 40.

Abstract: A slide bearing can include a metal support, a primer layer, an adhesive layer applied directly thereto, and a sliding layer applied to the adhesive layer. The primer layer can include an oligomeric condensate of at least one silanol selected from the group having the formula: wherein x is 1 or 2, y is 0 or 1. The moieties R1 and R2 can be the same or different. The moieties R1 and R2 can be selected from the group consisting of methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, i-propyl, and a functionalized alkyl group R?—(CH2)z—, wherein z is at least 1. Slide bearings comprising a primer system based on silanol oligomeric condensates show improved peel strength than their analogous slide bearings lacking the primer system.

Abstract: In a copper-based sliding material in which a Cu alloy layer contains 5% to 30% by mass of Bi, and the balance consisting of Cu and an unavoidable impurity, Bi is dispersed as particles of a Bi phase in the Cu alloy layer, and the mass ratio of the particles having a particle size of 2 to 50 ?m and a circularity of 0.1 to 0.7 is 30% or more in the entire Bi phase in the Cu alloy layer, so that the particles of the Bi phase are uniformly dispersed in the Cu alloy layer. Therefore, the particles of the Bi phase in the Cu alloy layer are sequentially exposed to a sliding surface as wear of the sliding material progresses while excessive flow-out of molten Bi is prevented, so that improved seizure resistance is achieved.

Abstract: A copper-based sliding material including a steel back metal layer and a Cu alloy layer is provided. The Cu alloy layer contains 0.5 to 15 mass % of Sn, 0.2 to 5 mass % of inorganic compound particles and the balance being Cu and unavoidable impurities. The inorganic compound particles are dispersed in a Cu alloy matrix and have an average size of 1 to 10 ?m. A ratio of a true density of the Cu alloy matrix in relation to that of the inorganic compound particles is 0.6 to 1.4 and a ratio of a thermal expansion coefficient of the Cu alloy matrix in relation to that of the inorganic compound particles is 1.5 to 3.0. An average distance between the inorganic compound particles dispersed in the Cu alloy matrix is 5 to 50 ?m.

Abstract: A bearing includes a first member having a passageway configured to engage a shaft, the first member having a metallic material; and a second member disposed around at least a portion of the first member, the second member having a metallic material and at least one radially and inwardly bent portion capable of restricting axial movement of the first member. The first and second members are movable relative to each other.

Abstract: Bearing apparatus includes: (a) a first member comprising rigid material and having a bore defining a first contact surface; (b) a second member disposed in the bore, the second member comprising rigid material and having a cylindrical surface defining a second contact surface; (c) wherein both contact surfaces are wear-resistant, and wherein the first and second members are positioned relative to each other by a plurality of protruding bearing elements contacting at least one of the first and second contact surfaces, so as to transfer mechanical loads between the members, each bearing element including a raised central portion flanked by a pair of beam portions, while allowing relative translation and/or rotation between the members; and (e) wherein the bearing elements are shaped and sized so as to deform elastically and conform in an irregular shape to the at least one contact surface.

Abstract: The invention relates to a zinc-free spray powder for thermally coating a substrate, in particular for thermally coating a bearing part of a bearing apparatus, which spray powder has the following composition except for unavoidable contaminants: tin=5% to 30% weight percent; aluminum=0.1% to 5% weight percent; iron=at most 1% weight percent, and copper=difference to 100% weight percent. The invention furthermore relates to a layer system applied via thermal spraying, a work piece, particularly a connecting rod, as well as a spray method for manufacturing a spray layer.

Abstract: A driving device (10) for driving a unit (11) is specified, with a drive shaft (16) on which a plurality of rolling bearings (19 to 21) serving to drive respective functional elements of the unit (11) are arranged next to one another. The rolling bearings (19 to 21) are designed as unencapsulated needle bearings (22 to 24) and are arranged directly next to one another on the drive shaft (16) in such a manner that the inner ring (25, 26) of a needle bearing (22, 23) is in touching contact by means of its end surface (43, 44), which is located on an axial side, with the facing, axial end surface (46, 47) of the outer sleeve (32, 33) of the needle bearing (23, 24) following next axially.

Abstract: A connection element able to be located between a part or neck of a rolling roll and a relative housing bushing as present in a chock for rolling stands, including a first external element and a second internal element, mating and coupled, wherein the second internal element has internally a seating at least partly truncated cone shaped for coupling with the neck of the rolling roll.

Abstract: A plain bearing material includes a metallic substrate material having a surface, and a sliding layer covering the surface of the substrate material. The thickness of the sliding layer is 100 ?m to 320 ?m, and the metallic substrate material has a yield point of less than 100 N/mm2.