Dozens of copper alloys are available as bearing materials. Most of these can be grouped into five classes: copper lead, copper tin (sometimes called tin bronze), leaded bronze, aluminum bronze, and ...

Bronze, a copper-tin alloy, is renowned for its durability, strength, and versatility. Also known as phosphor bronze, it includes phosphorus as a deoxidizing agent and contains 11 % zinc and up to ...

LIMA — For half a century the area along Greenlawn Avenue south of the Erie Railroad was a revolving door of industry. The 20th century was still young when the John W. Swan Co., maker of engines to ...

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Some engineers are hesitant about using plastic bearings in their designs. Many of them, having trusted metal and bronze bearings for years, don’t feel the need to make a switch. Others are simply ...

Polymer bearings incorporating a PTFE-based running surface were viewed as a step forward in scroll compressor performance when they were initially introduced around three decades ago. These polymer ...