friction in slide bearings and roller bearings
| Code | TM232 |
Description:
- Bearings can be classified as slide bearings or roller bearings depending on the nature of their motion.
- In slide bearings, there is a sliding motion between the bearing and the supported component.
- In roller bearings, there is both sliding motion and rolling motion between rolling bodies and the supported component.
- Sliding motion is undesirable in roller bearings, e.g., between rolling body and cage.
- The bearing force is transferred in the roller bearing by means of rolling.
- In both types of bearings—the slide bearing and the roller bearing—frictional forces occur during operation, which oppose resistance to the movement.
- The TM 232experimental unit allows investigations of friction on slide bearings with different bearing shells and on roller bearings.
- A shaft with a cable drum and flywheel is mounted on a base plate.
- The weight of the heavy flywheel generates bearing forces.
- A moment is applied by means of weights, which is equal to the friction moment at the start of the rotation.
- Replaceable bearing shells are used as slide bearings.
- The coefficients of friction are determined in experiments.
- Bearing shells made of different materials are included in the scope of delivery in order to study different friction pairings.
- The bearing friction is very low when using the roller bearing.
- In this case, the flywheel can be used for basic experiments on rotational dynamics.
- The experimental unit is designed to be fixed to a wall.
- The parts of the experiment are clearly laid out and securely housed in a storage system.
Technical Details:
Specifications:
- comparison of dynamic friction and rolling friction
- experiments on rotational dynamics are possible
- bearing shells of different materials as slide bearings
- steel flywheel, galvanised
- drive via cable drum and weights
- storage system for parts
- bracket for wall mounting
Technical Data:
- Bearing shells as slide bearing, half-shells:
- GG-25
- red bronze
- PTFE(Teflon)
- Deep-groove ball bearing:
- type 6203
- Shaft bearing journal:
- Ø=17mm
- Flywheel:
- Ø=300mm
- weight: 22,2kg
- Weights:
- 1x 1N (hanger)
- 5x 1N
- 1x 2N
- 3x 5N
- Base plate:
- L x W: 250x200mm
Dimensions & Weight:
- L x W x H: 200x330x300mm
- Weight: approx. 30kg
- L x W x H: 290x140x130mm (storage system)
Learning Objectives/Experiments:
- determine the frictional moment in slide bearings with various friction pairs
- determine the frictional moment of a rolling bearing
- comparison of slide and rolling bearings
- basic experiments on rotational dynamics
Scope of Delivery:
- 1 experimental unit
- 6 bearing shells
- 2 roller bearings
- 1 set of weights
- 1 storage system
- 1 set of instructional material
Features:
- friction in slide bearings and roller bearings
- interchangeable bearing shells for slide bearings of different materials
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