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In Slide Bearing design as the anticipated operating temperature increases adjustments have to be made to the bearing configuration. At approximately 400掳F / 204掳C the glue that bonds the Fluorogold庐 or Teflon庐 to the backing plate will melt and failure will occur soon afterward.

They will be found on plans for everything from offshore drilling platforms, big box stores, renovations, or any structure where the stress of movement, expansion and contraction needs to be relieved.

Slide Bearing design and specifications fall into categories with the most common being FC-1010-CS, a 3/32鈥� layer of Fluorogold庐 bonded to 1/8鈥� thick carbon steel. An upper and lower member of FC-1010-CS are used to create the slide bearing, as shown in Fig. 1. This is the most common configuration and can function effectively in the following ranges:

When manufacturing made to order steel wedges there are a number of ways it can be done and usually the configuration dictates what method is selected. Some of these are outlined in a previous blog, 亚博系列全平台入口 Wedge Manufacturing. The 亚博系列全平台入口 Wedge we are focusing on in this conversation is required as part of a Fluorogold庐 or Teflon庐 Slide Bearing Assembly. Length is 20", Width is 14". Thickness starts at 1/2" and tapers down to 1/16". The unique size of this wedge dictates the manufacturing process.

In many of the requests we receive for Fluorogold庐 or Teflon庐 Slide Bearing Assemblies the fabricator is under the impression the specific dimensions they require will cut to size, then bonded together and finished. This can be done, but only starts to make economic sense when the requirements call for a large quantity of the same dimensions.

When designing a Teflon庐 or Fluorogold庐 Slide Bearing, one of the factors that sometimes gets overlooked is the maximum operating temperature the bearing assembly will function at. Standard Structural 亚博系列全平台入口 expansion type joints don鈥檛 develop the heat required for temperature to be a concern, but many specialized applications do. Steam Lines, Furnaces, Ovens, etc. all present environments that can compromise a standard FC-1010-CS slide bearing.

Teflon庐 Slide Bearings / Fluorogold庐 Slide Bearings

Teflon庐 or Fluorogold庐 Slide Bearings are engineered to wear out. Like any sacrificial structural component, the idea is to protect the more critical, expensive or impossible to replace members. By design, the Teflon庐 surface should be where all the wear occurs. Ideally, the steel backing plate should never be the part that causes the bearing to be replaced.

Initial installation of a Slide Bearing Assembly can be very different from the eventual replacement of the very same bearing. Virtually, all bearing assemblies are intended to be replaced at some point during the life of the structure. This is true of Teflon庐 Slide Bearings and the more durable Fluorogold庐 Slide Bearings. It also holds true for Elastomeric Bearings, Viblon Shims and Bearings, and Commercial Grade Neoprene. In our experience, we have not seen an application where a bearing assembly was intended to be permanent.

The typical Slide Bearing design used in 亚博系列全平台入口 Fabricating, whether Teflon庐, Virgin PTFE or Fluorogold庐, is 7/32鈥� thick. This is comprised of a 1/8鈥� thick steel backing plate and 3/32鈥� Teflon庐 bonded to it. Most often, they are in pairs with the Teflon庐 surfaces in the middle as shown in the illustration.