Spherical Plain Bearings Requiring Maintenance (Lubrication)
Spherical Plain
Bearings requiring maintenance (steel-on-steel) have hardened sliding contact
surfaces on both rings. The surfaces are
typically treated with molybdenum disulphide and phosphate (this provides added
wear resistance and wear-corrosion). However,
Spherical Plain Bearings with this sliding contact surface combination require
regular relubrication. The high strength
of the sliding contact surfaces makes these bearings especially suitable for
bearing arrangements where heavy loads of alternating direction, shock loads,
or heavy static loads have to be accommodated.
AST has nearly 500 different steel-on-steel spherical plain bearings products and they are sub-classified in the following categories. Click on each to learn more:
- Steel on Steel
- Steel-on-Steel - Angular Contact
- Steel-on-Steel - Double Direction Thrust
- Steel-on-Steel - Double Fracture
- Steel-on-Steel - Extended Inner
- Steel-on-Steel - Formed Outer Race
- Steel-on-Steel - High Misalignment
- Steel-on-Steel - Thrust Loading
If you need help in selecting the best products for your particular application, please remember that design engineering and application assistance are available from AST as part of our value-added services designed to make your job easier.
Click here to go to our online catalog and product specifier for our full line of Spherical Plain Bearings including free CAD downloads.
