Spherical roller bearings offer an unequaled combination of high load capacity, high tolerance to shock loads, and self-aligning ability, but they are speed limited. Accordingly, they are used in ...

Spherical plain bearings and rod ends are used in a variety of applications including building projects, mining & construction machinery, agricultural machines, rail vehicles, trams, sports equipment, ...

There's Nothing Necessarily Wrong With Honda's Rubber Suspension Bushings but, like most rubber parts that are constantly squished, stretched, and twisted, they wear out. But even when new, most OEM ...

TrinaTracker, the tracker business unit of Trina Solar, has released a white paper on the unique nature of its three-dimensional patented spherical bearing. The document discusses the advantages of ...

Orkot TXMM bearings were chosen for use on a deep ocean submarine installation. The TXMM bearing reportedly exhibits negligible swell in water, therefore maintaining the correct installed operating ...

Editor's note: An updated version of this information can be found here. Bearings are used to help reduce friction. Metal-upon-metal contact produces large amounts of friction. The friction adds to ...

We’ve got to admit that watching [Ben Krasnow]’s new video on air bearings is tough. We found our eyes constantly checking the spherical air bearing in the foreground, which for the first eight ...

Keywords: Dynamic analyses. Models. Friction pendulum bearings. Multi-spherical sliding bearings. Hysteresis. Seismic isolation systems. Shaking table tests. Seismic performance. Abstract: This report ...