...Xiaotian Xia; Ju Han Purpose The purpose of this study is to systematically analyze the wear of cylindrical needle bearings in rotary vector reducers under temperature rise and identify the influencing factors. Design/methodology/approach Based on the dynamic characteristics of the RV-20E...

...Biqing Ye; Kebiao Zhang; Qiang Zuo; Li Zhang; Xiaohang Shan Purpose The purpose of this paper is to test and analyze the friction torque of double-row angular contact ball bearings under vacuum or ordinary pressure environment, horizontal or upright installation mode, and different rotational...

...Baoxuan Liu; Yu Feng; Shaolei Wu; Chunjie Wei; Wei Wang Purpose This paper aims to investigate the damage evolution of bearing raceways under impact conditions from the perspective of three-dimensional (3D) surface morphology changes and to analyze the causal factors with the aid of simulation...

...Mustafa Yilmaz; Ali Önüt; Thomas Lohner; Karsten Stahl Purpose This paper aims to address the influence of lubrication methods on operational characteristics, power losses and temperature behavior of gears and bearings. It contributes to the improvement of resource and energy efficiency of geared...

... to analyze and compare friction and wear performance of novel polydopamine/polytetrafluoroethylene (PDA/PTFE) and traditional tin Babbitt coatings applied to an industrial journal bearing. Design/methodology/approach This paper tested PTFE based coating, co-deposited with PDA, a biopolymer allowing sea...

... of the bearing assembly is achieved with hydrodynamic lubrication, which depends on optimal operating conditions and temperature conditions. The purpose of this paper is determining the thermal state of the turbocharger (TCR) bearings. Design/methodology/approach The simulation was carried out in the ANSYS...

...Lu Chen; Chenchen Xu; Mingfei Ma; Wen Wang; Liang Guo; Patrick Wong Purpose The cleaning of food production equipment using cleaning detergents may contaminate the lubricant of the bearings, thereby reducing the bearing service life. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the cause...

...Hulin Li; Zhongwei Yin; Yanzhen Wang Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the friction and wear properties of journal bearings under different working conditions. Design/methodology/approach Friction coefficient and wear losses of journal bearing under different working conditions...

...T.V.V.L.N. Rao; A.M.A. Rani; M. Awang; F.M. Hashim Purpose This paper aims to present stability of a three-layered journal bearing considering magnitude of the layers’ thicknesses and viscosities with slip/partial slip on the bearing surface. Design/methodology/approach Modified Reynolds...

... The all round excellent operating and life qualities of the Aqua-Bearings mean that they can be used widely, not only in Food Processing environments, but also in Semiconductor and LCD manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals, Chemical Production and in Surface Treatment processes. Also, in contrast...