larry g wrote:
George
We use a lot of the Frelon, Simplicity. bearings. Used a lot on our
automation equipment and they do quite well on oscillating equipment.
In
most cases I would select them over a Thompson ball bearing. I say
this
because when a Thompson fails it usually tales the shaft with it, the
Frelon
doesn't. If you read the information from Simplicity you discover
that you
can run these bearing dry or lubed. In most cases lubed gets a lot
longer
life. I've used Velocite #6 with good results. If designing these in
a
system really consider the use of the self aligning feature. This is
an
oversized hole to mount in and then using an o-ring in the groves
around the
bearing. Another advantage to the Simplicity bearing is the ability
to
rotate the shaft as well as linier motion.

lg
no neat sig line.

"George G." wrote in message
...
I posted last night and it got pushed back to 601-700 posting with
no
response. I asked if anyone has had any experience with the
Teflon,
Frelon self-lubricating linear bearings? Are they as good if not
better
than metal linear bearings? I may have to go this one alone.
Thank
you. George G.