On Tue, 6 Dec 2016 12:46:10 -0500, "Jim Wilkins"
wrote:

"Christopher Tidy" wrote in message
...
Hi folks,

I need an example for an article. Can anyone think of a modern product
which uses plain bearings in a demanding application? I'm not talking
about the extremes (like dental drills and steam turbines), but more
common applications such as supporting lathe spindles and engine
crankshafts. It used to be common to have plain bearings in these
machines, and some were incredibly durable, but I haven't seen any in
a new product for a long time. Are there any examples, or have they
been entirely displaced by standardised ball and roller bearings?

Thanks!

Chris

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http://centrifugalpump.org/ball_and_..._bearings.html

So SKF came up with the spherical roller thrust bearing?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spheri...thrust_bearing

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