Abstract: A BLDC vibrational motor is provided, which is improved so as to generate a larger vibrational force per same volume compared to prior arts. A cylindrical bearing is fixed to a doughnut-shaped permanent magnet directly so that the magnet can be disposed as close as possible to the center of rotation, and thus coils can have a reduced volume and be disposed as close as possible to the center of rotation. The external space of the coils can be secured larger as much as the movement of position of the coils, and the weight takes up the space for rotation, so that volume of the weight can be enlarged. Thus, the weight can be extended and disposed to the external space of the coils, it is possible for a vibration motor with a small volume to generate a large vibrational force, which facilitates slim designs of the vibrational motor.

Abstract: A bearing device of embodiment is usable for a hydraulic machine having a rotary shaft of a vertical shaft, with a water tank storing lubrication water, and a bearing pad supporting a skirt member on the rotary shaft in the lubrication water. The bearing device has a first supporting mechanism slidably supporting the bearing pad from the radial direction, and a second supporting mechanism slidably supporting the bearing pad from a bottom portion side in an axial direction. One of a supporting surface supporting the bearing pad in the first supporting mechanism and a supported surface supported by the supporting surface in the bearing pad is formed in a convex shape. One of a supporting surface supporting the bearing pad in the second supporting mechanism and a supported surface supported by the supporting surface in the bearing pad is formed in a convex shape.

Abstract: An improved sliding bearing apparatus and method utilize a snap-in polymer bearing insert having one or more identically shaped locking lugs, each of which are configured for locking engagement with a corresponding depression in a bearing housing, to thereby lock the bearing insert in place against relative movement either radially or axially with respect to the bearing housing. In a free-standing state, the insert may have a variety of shapes including cylindrical, non-cylindrical, or be flat and planar. An insert for a closed bearing is configured such that it may be trimmed to form an insert for an open bearing.

Abstract: A roller device, which includes a right bearing housing, a left bearing housing and a roller, which is rotatably supported by journals in the bearing housings in continuous casting plants. A cooling medium is passed through an axial bore in the roller, and bores, which form a closed cavity, are arranged around the bearings mounted in each of the bearing housings. A cooling medium inlet is provided in a first of the bearing housings, and a discharge bore for the cooling medium, which is arranged on the end face of a second of the bearing housings, is located next to the bearing cover so that the cooling medium flows into the inlet in the first bearing housing, through the axial bore in the roller and out the discharge bore in the second bearing housing.

Abstract: The present bearing assembly is for use with a wastewater treatment apparatus which is driven by a drive shaft, e.g., cog rake bar screens, or water treatment apparatus, e.g., paddle wheels in flocculation mixing tanks, and submerged, partially submerged or intermittently submerged in a fluid environment. The bearing assembly includes a tubular member keyed against rotation in a bearing housing with the tubular member bore surfaces engaged against the drive shaft surfaces without rolling elements disposed therebetween thus eliminating the need for lubricators to supply the bearings with grease. Accordingly, the present dry bearing assembly is not subject to failures caused by having the grease in the bearings flushed out by wastewater flows or by submerging of the lubricator.

Abstract: In a ceramic bearing device having a ceramic bearing slidably supporting a sleeve fixed to a pump main shaft, a bearing case mounting the ceramic bearing and a bearing casing elastically supporting the bearing case with rubber, a cylindrical container is fixed to the bearing casing so as to surround the lower surface and the outer peripheral side of the bearing casing, a water storage tank having a return plate in the top end portion being fixed to the pump main shaft so as to surround the cylindrical container, a passage being provided in the cylindrical container, distance pieces being provided between the outer peripheral portion of the bearing casing and the inner peripheral portion of the cylindrical container being provided, a passage being formed in the distance piece.

Abstract: A novel means for the design of the pockets of a hydrostatic spindle and the flow supply, collection, and pocket injection means to allow for very high speed rotation with a minimum of heat generation, mid maximum load capacity; furthermore the concept of self compensation is used to make the design insensitive to contaminants and thereby allow for the use of water based hydrostatic fluids, whereas the design of the compensator region is also advanced to facilitate high speed use. Accordingly, the present invention allows designers to increase the allowable speed and accuracy of rotary motion hydrostatic bearings. Design methodologies are presented for designing self compensating hydrostatic bearing spindle pockets and compensators to minimize the effects variation in stiffness with angular position, cavitation in bearing pockets, and turbulent shear power generation.

Abstract: A spherical rod end with a flexible fluid conduit is disclosed. The spherical rod end includes a housing having an outer region and a spherical inner race surface, with a fluid passageway extending between the outer region and the inner race surface. A spherical ball is included in the spherical rod end which pivotally mounts within the inner race surface. An elongated flexible fluid conduit, having an end adapted to be coupled to a source of pressurized water and an opposite end in fluid communication with the housing fluid passageway. Water from the pressurized source is used to lubricate the interface between the inner race surface and the spherical ball.

Abstract: A vertical shaft type pump including a bearing device in which water in the pump is utilized as lubricating water without supplying water to the bearing from the outside of the pump, thereby repeatedly conducting no-load operation in the air (in such a state that water is not pumped) stably for a long period of time. In the pump, a water storage tank upwardly opened is fixed to a rotary shaft, and the lubricating water (the water in the pump) is retained within the water storage tank so that the bearing is operated while being always soaked in the lubricating water. Also, foreign substances in the water storage tank are mixed with the water without deposition, and the water containing the foreign substances is replaced by the newly pumped water.