Custom plain bearings

Custom plain bearings

Say goodbye to the hassle of frequent lubrication maintenance. Our self-lubricating technology ensures smooth operation and reduces wear and tear, extending the lifespan of your equipment. Experience uninterrupted productivity and cost savings as you bid farewell to the need for messy lubricants and time-consuming upkeep.

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Custom plain bearings

Custom Bearings: High-Strength Metal & Polymer Solutions

At Design Custom Bearings, we specialize in high-performance plastic machine parts for any application. Alongside our range of standard composite plain bearings and bushings, we excel in producing custom bearings tailored to meet specific needs. Daily, we manufacture precisely engineered wrapped rolled bush split bearings and bushings at competitive prices.

Our team of experts is ready to guide you in selecting the most efficient manufacturing method and the ideal high-performance composite dry bushing bearing material for your unique application requirements.

For detailed information on our diverse bearing materials, their specifications, and their recommended industries and applications, click here.

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Solid Bronze Bush Bearings: straight & flanged bronze bushings, Custom Bronze Bush Bearing, Self-lubricating grease-free bearing solutions

Custom Plain Bearings are crucial components in the industrial sector, designed to reduce friction between moving parts and bear or transmit loads. As industrial technology advances and the demand for personalized solutions grows, the need for custom specifications in plain bearings is also increasing. Here are some details about custom plain bearings:

Custom Solutions

  • Wide Variety of Materials: Depending on the specific application needs, a range of materials is available for plain bearings, such as Bronze CuSn8, Cast Bronze C86300, C95400, C93200, and more.
  • Sizes and Tolerances: Bearings are offered in various sizes and tolerance levels to meet the requirements of different mechanical designs.
  • Design Flexibility: Bearings can be customized in structure and performance to meet individual client demands.

Material Options

  • Bronze CuSn8: This tin-containing copper alloy has excellent wear resistance and load-bearing capacity, making it ideal for manufacturing high-load bearings.
  • Cast Bronze C86300: Known for its excellent casting and mechanical properties, this material is suited for complex-shaped bearing components.
  • C95400 & C93200: These refer to specific copper alloy materials, with C95400 needing further details on composition and performance, and C93200 typically being a leaded tin bronze known for its self-lubricating properties.
  • Impregnated with MoS2: MoS2 (Molybdenum disulfide) is an excellent solid lubricant that enhances the wear resistance and self-lubricating features of bearings, ideal for applications where lubrication is challenging or for low-speed operations.
  • Different Alloys: Bearings can be crafted from various alloys to meet the environmental conditions and performance requirements of specific applications.

Application Fields

Custom plain bearings are extensively used in a variety of machinery and equipment, including but not limited to:

  • Automation Equipment: Employed in robots, automated production lines, and other high-precision applications.
  • Automotive Industry: Used in critical components like engines and gearboxes.
  • Agricultural Machinery: Suitable for tractors, harvesters, and other durable agricultural equipment.
  • Construction Machinery: Used in heavy machinery like excavators and cranes for high load demands.

The key to custom plain bearings lies in offering personalized material choices, size customization, tolerance control, and structural design to achieve optimal performance and the longest service life.

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Materials for Solid Bronze Bearings

Spherical Plain Bearings are a type of bearing that compensates for angular misalignment, making them crucial in various industrial applications, particularly where flexible mounting and compound load bearing are required. Here are detailed insights into spherical plain bearings and their specific variants:

Self-Aligning Spherical Plain Bearings

  • Self-Aligning Capability: These bearings automatically adjust to accommodate misalignment of the shaft, reducing extra stress and wear caused by installation errors.

Plain Bearings with Special Grooves

  • Special Grooves: The bearing surfaces are designed with special grooves that enhance lubrication conditions or serve as reservoirs for lubricants such as grease or oil.

Plain Bearings with Recesses

  • Recesses: Designed with recesses or indented areas, these features help in securing the bearing or serve as additional lubricant storage spaces to meet various application needs.

Plain Bearings with Non-standard Tolerances

  • Non-standard Tolerances: These bearings are manufactured with dimensional tolerances that differ from standard norms, whether more lenient or stringent, to meet precise application requirements.

Application Scenarios

  • Angular Misalignment: Spherical plain bearings can compensate for angular discrepancies between the shaft and bearing housing, suitable for applications where the shaft may deflect.
  • Self-Adjustment: Self-aligning bearings automatically adjust their position during operation, reducing maintenance needs, ideal for situations where frequent maintenance is challenging.
  • Improved Lubrication: Bearings with special grooves or recesses enhance lubrication conditions, suitable for high-speed or heavy-load environments.
  • Custom Design: Bearings with non-standard tolerances can be custom-designed to meet specific installation conditions or performance standards.

Manufacturing Considerations

When designing and manufacturing these special types of plain bearings, considerations such as material selection, heat treatment processes, precision machining techniques, and quality control are vital to ensure the performance and reliability of the bearings.

Thin-Walled: This term likely refers to a design approach where the wall thickness of an object is reduced to lighten its weight or save material, while still maintaining the required strength and functionality.

Wrapped Bushes: This term might refer to bushings or bearings that are wrapped with a certain material. In mechanical engineering, bushings are typically used to reduce friction and wear, with “wrapped” possibly indicating some form of coating or covering on the bushing’s exterior.

Dry Bearing: A dry bearing is a type of bearing that operates without the need for lubricants. They are often made from metals or plastics and are designed to function without liquid or grease lubrication.

Composite: A composite material is made from two or more different materials combined together, retaining their individual characteristics while producing a new material with unique properties.

Metal Wrapped: This term likely refers to a layer of metal wrapped around another material to provide additional strength, wear resistance, or protection.

Rolled Bushing: This could refer to a bushing made using a rolling process, which can enhance the density and uniformity of the bushing.

Bushing Bearing: A bushing bearing is a simple type of bearing that generally consists of a bushing (or liner) and a casing. The interior of the bushing may include balls or rollers to reduce friction between the shaft and the casing.

Customization Services

Many bearing manufacturers offer customization services, allowing for the design and manufacture of the aforementioned special bearings to meet the unique requirements of various industrial applications.

Custom spherical plain bearings and other specialized types of plain bearings are crucial for enhancing the reliability and performance of mechanical systems, especially in applications with specific bearing performance requirements.

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Self lubricating bronze bushings

Manufactures flange bronze bearings, service & maintenance companies to meet the exacting specifications required in a wide range of industrial applications.

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straight Bushings

Machined bronze bushing that meet the exacting requirements & specifications supplied by our clients. Spherical bearings, spindles, semi-spheres and supports that we have manufactured.

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Cast Bronze Bearing

You will find to follow a selection of self lubricating bronze bearing material CuSn7Zn4Pb7, CuSn12, CuAl10Fe5Ni5,

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Flanged Bushing

Alternative solution,We offer an outsourced machining service for bronze bushes, manufacturing precise parts to the designs supplied to us by our clients.

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composite Bushing

Selection of other composite bushing material of self lubricating bearing that we have manufactured.

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Wrapped Bronze Bearing

Wrapped Bronze Sleeve Bearing, Are you interested in our products?

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Bimetal Bushing

Manufacturer of bimetal and steel bronze bushing parts according to client’s drawing.

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