Sealing Options for Self-Lubricated Bearings - Sponsored Whitepaper

Contamination is one of the most common causes for the failure of journal bearings. Metal bearings combat this problem with the use of grease zirks and maintenance schedules that are imposed on the end users. Grease is needed on a regular basis throughout the life of the machine to purge contaminates. This is a result of the inability of the bearing surface to ingest the particulate. Self-lubricated bearing manufactures typically design bearing liners that are soft enough to ingest contaminants.

Read this article to learn how Self-Lubricating bearings can prevent contamination of journal bearings.