The Glacier Metal Company Limited

Dennis S Baker

Glyndwr J Davies

Padma Ambalal Patel

This invention consists of a plain bearing in which the bearing surface consists of or includes poly-phenylene sulphide to give good bearing properties and also because such linings can be bonded to backings of steel or aluminium or aluminium alloys with a bond that withstands hard operating conditions, for example changes of temperature and changes of shape and stress. The linear polymer can be cross-linked to a desired extent by appropriate treatment.

Plain bearings

This invention consists of a plain bearing in which the bearing surface consists of or includes poly-phenylene sulphide to give good bearing properties and also because such linings can be bonded to backings to steel or aluminium or aluminium alloys with a bond that withstands hard operating conditions, for example changes of temperature and changes of shape and stress. The linear polymer can be cross-linked to a desired extent by appropriate treatment.

This invention is a method of curing polyphenylene sulphide polymer to produce a plain bearing lining material in which an oxide of manganese or cadmium, is included with the polymer powder to accelerate the curing process by catalytic action and by the release of oxygen within the body of the material.

Bearing material

This invention consists of a plain bearing in which the bearing surface consists of or includes poly-phenylene sulphide to give good bearing properties and also because such linings can be bonded of backings to steel or aluminum or aluminum alloys with a bond that withstands hard operating conditions, for example changes of temperature and changes of shape and stress. The linear polymer can be cross-linked to a desired extent by appropriate treatment.

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Dennis S Baker