Babbitt Bearing Shells Explained
A bearing lining soft enough to mark with a fingernail carries the entire weight of a rotary kiln on a film of oil. What Babbitt metal is, which grade to specify, how the shells are made and how they fail.
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Wear-Resistant Composite Plates: Specifying, Fitting and Checking
A wear plate is a consumable, and that changes how you specify it. Where composite and bimetal liners belong, how thickness and fixing are chosen, how to fit them so they stay put, and how hardness is verified before they go into a chute.
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Self-Lubricating Slide Plates: Where They Work and Why They Fail
Self-lubricating bearings put the lubricant inside the material, so a slide that cannot be greased can still work. Here is where they belong, how to specify them, how to run them in, and why they fail.
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Rotary Kiln Trunnion Bearings: Design, Replacement and Service
Every ton of a rotary kiln passes through a handful of bearings turning at walking pace. How these bearings are designed, which material suits the duty, how they are made and fitted, and the two failures that cause most kiln bearing trouble.
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