Schaeffler is seeing an increase in demand for its proven range of high quality spherical plain bearings and rod ends. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The demand is coming from a variety of industry sectors, including building projects, mining and construction machinery, agricultural machines, rail vehicles, trams, sports equipment, printing machines, pumps, power tools, and wind energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Schaeffler offers a range of maintenance-free plain bearings. Innovative plain bearing materials are used, such as ELGOGLIDE, ELGOTEX, and the metal-polymer composite E40. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
These PTFE-based plain bearing materials enable ultra-low coefficients of friction for spherical plain bearings and rod ends, while ensuring low wear and very long lifecycles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maintenance-free plain bearings considerably reduce lubricant and maintenance costs as they do not require any oil or grease while also being very environmentally friendly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Spherical plain bearings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Spherical plain bearings from Schaeffler improve the performance of machines and equipment, vehicles and devices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Durable and capable of supporting heavy loads, they ensure reliable operation, even under harsh environmental conditions. The product range is also geared towards maintenance-free operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A variety of available bearing surfaces means that customers can select the right bearing for their application and operating conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Spherical plain bearings with ELGOGLIDE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The ELGOGLIDE brand uses high performance, maintenance-free sliding materials based on Teflon fabric. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Suitable for dynamic loads at contact pressures ranging from 1 to 300MPa, these bearings are particularly suitable for applications that require minimal friction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Radial spherical plain bearings comprise inner and outer rings with maintenance-free sliding layers made from ELGOGLIDE, PTFE composite or PTFE-bronze film. This means they are suitable for alternating dynamic loads. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Large spherical plain bearings (diameters from 320mm up to 1,000mm) belong to the X-life premium quality, high performance class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Angular contact spherical plain bearings comprise inner and outer rings with ELGOGLIDE. In addition to radial loads, they can also support high axial loads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Axial spherical plain bearings comprise shaft locating and housing locating washers with ELGOGLIDE\u00ae. Large spherical plain bearings (diameters from 220mm) belong to the X-life premium quality, high performance class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Spherical plain bearings with PTFE sliding surfaces<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Schaeffler offers various PTFE-based sliding materials for specific applications, particularly for small diameters. These include a PTFE composite material for compact radial spherical plain bearings for small envelopes with bore diameters as small as 6mm, for contact pressures up to 100 MPa. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A PTFE foil is also provided for compact spherical plain bearings with inch dimensions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rod ends<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Schaeffler offers a wide range of rod end designs in both maintenance-free and maintenance required versions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Maintenance-free rod ends comprise a housing with integral shank and a maintenance-free spherical plain bearing. They can support radial forces in a tensile or compressive direction and are suitable for slow movements with small or moderate swivel angles, for unilateral loads and under certain conditions for alternating loads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Schaeffler is seeing an increase in demand for its proven range of high quality spherical plain bearings and rod ends. The demand is coming from a variety of industry sectors, including building projects, mining and construction machinery, agricultural machines, rail vehicles, trams, sports equipment, printing machines, pumps, power tools, and wind energy. Schaeffler offers a …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13207,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6202,1342,669,6703,302,6704,2406],"class_list":["post-13204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-process","tag-elgoglide","tag-power-tools","tag-pumps","tag-rod-ends","tag-schaeffler","tag-spherical-plain-bearings","tag-wind-energy"],"yoast_head":"\n