Who makes tilting pad bearings?
Tilting Pad Bearings, 5 models - Kingsbury, Inc.
Kingsbury, Inc. has been the industry leader in the design and manufacture of tilting-pad bearings, also called pivoted-shoe bearings, since Dr. Albert Kingsbury invented them in . Our expertise in the technology, operation and service of these tilt-pad bearings stretches back more than a century and has been continuously updated with new patented product developments.
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The main types of tilting pad bearings are thrust and journal bearings. These two types are further divided into fixed profile (for thrust only), tilting-pad flooded lubrication, and tilting-pad directed lubrication categories, based on designs needed to meet higher performance challenges. These bearings operate by providing a coating of oil between a rotating component and the static bearing.
Directed lubrication is the current performance leader for handling higher pressures of 2.76+ MPa, temperatures typically up to 135°C, and speed requirements of over 14,000 RPM. The groove in the LEG bearing, (an acronym for leading-edge groove) in the tilting pad category provides the best oil circulation.
Additionally, these bearings typically have babbitted working surfaces on the tilting pad consisting of a layer of softer metal like tin alloys which act to protect the underlying surface and can easily be replaced. In some cases, this babbitting material is a limiting factor to the maximum performance and in other cases it is the integrity of the oil.
Additional reading:What Are Tilt Pad Thrust Bearings and Their Benefits?
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Recent Changes in Tilting Pad Bearings:
- Kingsbury has added a new category of tilting pad bearing called the G-MD, which is a European-style modular thrust bearing with the highest design flexibility.
- Kingsbury offers a new advanced-material bearing most visitors are unaware of which uses a Vespel coating in order to enable process fluids as the lubricant. This is particularly well suited to petrochemical industry applications.
Tilt Pad Bearings
Design Expertise
Waukesha Bearings tilt pad bearings are engineered for stability, adaptability and load capacity.
While some loads can be counteracted with fixed profile bearings, tilt pad bearings offer greater customization so that the bearings can be tuned to the conditions of a machine. (Read how fluid film bearings work.) Pad number, pivot type, pivot offset, pad arc, pad material and other features are each modified for the ideal formation of film to meet equipment demands.
Waukesha Bearings combines an extensive database of successful designs with in-house analysis tools and engineer expertise to develop optimized solutions for today&#;s rotating equipment.