Survey of Damage Investigation of Babbitted Industrial Bearings

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Lyle A. Branagan1
1Pioneer Motor Bearing Company, 129 Battleground Road, Kings Mountain, NC 28086, USA

Tóm tắt

This survey collects the efforts to understand the sources and consequences of damage to babbitted industrial bearings, which operate by means of a hydrodynamic, or hydrostatic, film. Major individual damage types are discussed in the context of major damage categories.

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