Characteristics and Outline of Water-Lubricated Thordon Bearing

Abstract:

Thordon is a new liner material used widely in water-lubricated bearings in virtue of its shockproof characteristic, high load and wear resistance. The category of materials used in water-lubricated bearings was briefly outlined and tribological characteristics of most of the materials were compared in the paper. The defects of the traditional water-lubricated bearing materials were listed and the advantage of the Thordon bearing was presented. The development status and the tribological characteristics of the water-lubricated Thordon bearings were studied. The application prospects of the water-lubricated Thordon bearings were introduced in the end of the paper.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 496)
• Pages: 355-358
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.496.355
• Online since: March 2012
• Authors: You Qiang Wang, Li Jing Zhang
• Keywords: Friction Coefficient (FC), Thordon Journal Bearing, Tribological Property, Water Lubrication

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