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iglidur  | High-performance polymers   iglidur  | Technical data
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 Properties and design  Load

 The traditional solution  The load of a plain bearing is expressed by the surface   120
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 Hard shells with soft coating. Every lubricated bearing   The iglidur  solution:    pressure (p) in MPa (corresponding to N/mm ). For this   100
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 works according to this principle, and also a number of   the self-lubricating effect  purpose, the radial load is determined on the projected   80
 maintenance-free bearings that are equipped with special   surface of the bearing.
 sliding layers. However, this soft sliding layer is not strong   The high-performance polymers of the iglidur  plain   60
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 enough. For high loads, edge pressure or oscillations, it is   bearings consist of:  Radial bearing:    Thrust bearing:  Surface pressure [MPa]  40
 easily removed.      F                  F                          20
 ●  Base polymer    p =  d1 · b1    p =  2  2   π

 Base polymers and technical fibres  ●  Fibres and filling material  (d2  - d1 ) ·  4  0  20  50  80  120    150
 The radial pressure with which the bearings are loaded   ●  Solid lubricants            Temperature [°C]
 is received by the polymer material. In the contact area,         iglidur  G        iglidur  J260    iglidur  T220
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 this material provides a support to the shaft. The polymer   These components are  not applied in layers,   In these equations:  iglidur  M250  iglidur  L250  iglidur  Q
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 base material ensures that the lubricants do not receive   but instead are mixed together homogeneously.   F  load in [N]  iglidur  GLW  iglidur  D  iglidur  UW
                                                                                     iglidur  J200
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 a surface pressure that is too high. The base material is   The advantage of this design is clear when the   d1 bearing inner diameter in [mm]  iglidur  W300  iglidur  A180  iglidur  C
                                                                   iglidur  J3
                                                                                     iglidur  A200
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 also reinforced by technical fibres or filling materials. These   requirements on the bearings surface are studied:  b1 bearing length in [mm]
 additional materials stabilise the bearing especially in cases   d2 outer diameter of the bearing in [mm]
 of continuous load.  1.   The coefficient of friction, which is determined   160
 especially by the surface of the bearing, should                  140
 Incorporated self-lubrication  be as low as possible.  Max. recommended surface pressure  120
 The solid lubricants are, as microscopic particles, embedded   A comparative value of the iglidur  material is the maximum   100
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 in millions of tiny chambers of the material. From these   2.   The surface cannot be removed by forces that   recommended static surface pressure [MPa] at +20°C. The   80
 chambers, the plain bearings release tiny amounts of solid   act on the bearing.  values of the individual iglidur  plain bearings differ greatly   Surface pressure [MPa]  60
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 lubricants during movement. This is adequate to sufficiently   on this point. The value [p] indicates the pressure limit of   40
 lubricate the immediate surrounding area. The lubricants   3.   The wearing force acts especially on the surface   a plain bearing. The plain bearing can carry this pressure   20
 help to reduce the iglidur  bearing's coefficient of friction.   of the bearing, for this the bearing must be   permanently without damage. The given value applies to   0  20  40  60  80  100  120  140  160  180  200
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 They are not indispensable for the bearing's function, but   capable of high resistance.  static operation; only very slow speeds up to 0.01m/s are   Temperature [°C]
 have a supporting effect. Since they are embedded in the   tolerated under this pressure. Higher pressures than those   iglidur  K  iglidur  V400  iglidur  H2
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 tiny chambers, they cannot be forced out. They are always   indicated are possible if the duration of the load is short.  iglidur  J350  iglidur  UW500  iglidur  A350
                                                                                                      iglidur  A500
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                                                                                     iglidur  H1
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 there as soon as the bearing or the shaft is set in motion.  One universal material, which can fulfil all these tasks   iglidur  Z  iglidur  H370  iglidur  H4
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                                                                   iglidur  X6
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 equally well, unfortunately does not exist yet. That is   u Material properties, page 60
 why iglidur  plain bearings work differently. Different       Diagram 02-03: Maximum recommended surface
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 components of the iglidur  materials give the bearings        pressure as a function of temperature
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 their properties:  Load and temperature
          Diagram 02 and 03 show the maximum recommended
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 ●  The base polymers are responsible for the   static surface pressure of the iglidur  plain bearing as a    100
 resistance to wear.  function of temperature. With increasing temperature,
 ●  Fibres and filling materials reinforce the bearing   this value decreases continuously. Take advantage of the
 so that high forces or edge loads are possible.  opportunity presented by the predictability of the
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 ●  Solid lubricants lubricate the bearing   iglidur  plain bearing to record these effects in advance, or   10
                                                                 Wear [µm/km]
 independently and prevent friction of the system.  determine the effective temperatures in the test.
          Pressure and speed
          With decreasing radial load on the plain bearing, the      1  5           10          20           45
          permissible surface speed increases. The product of the      Load [MPa]
          pressure [p] and speed [v], the so-called pv value, can be   iglidur  G    iglidur  W300    iglidur  Q
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 Picture 04: Polymer granulate; basis compound of the   understood as a measurement for the frictional heat of the   iglidur  P  iglidur  Z
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                                                                                     iglidur  V400
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 lubrication-free and predictable iglidur  plain bearings  bearing. This relationship is shown by the pv graph that is
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 ASEAN 09/2023  ASEAN 09/2023  the first in the respective chapter for each iglidur  material.  Diagram 04: Wear of iglidur  plain bearings under
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                                                               medium and high pressures
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