Aktiebolaget Skf

Johnpaul Woodhead

Michael Brett Colton

Jacek Kaminski

Grant Dennis

William Makin

A bearing liner includes a binder with a resin material, a pre-preg, a structural yarn and a lubricating yarn, and particles of aluminum oxide (AlO). The particles of aluminum oxide may be embedded within the binder or within the lubricating yarn, or may be embedded within both the binder and the lubricating yarn. A plain bearing includes an inner ring, an outer ring and such a liner interposed or disposed between the rings.

Liner with improved resistance to wear and a plain bearing including such a liner

Plain bearing providing an outer ring with an inner surface, an inner ring with an outer surface, the rings being symmetrical around an axis and metallic, at least on the rings being a textured ring with a texturation consisting of a plurality of micro-cavities arranged onto a textured surface. A composite self-lubricating composite liner that is interposed between the inner surface of the outer ring and the outer surface of the inner ring, so that upon sliding movement of the textured ring with respect to the composite liner, some solid particles of the liner, acting as a solid lubricant, are detached from the composite liner and migrate between the sliding surfaces until they get retained into the micro-cavities.

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Bristol, United Kingdom

Johnpaul Woodhead