Thrust bearing Print
Wednesday, 13 October 2010 10:29
Uses
Self-aligning thrust bearings are designed for perception and transmission of an axial stops of screw propellers and radial load of shaft line mass to a hull. 

Technical Features
Self-aligning thrust bearings are fabricated for shafts with diameters from 100 up to 600 mm, range of perceived loads from 140 up to 3200 kN. Lubrication of the bearings is individual (without joining up to oily system of a ship) by means of oils with kinematic viscosity at a temperature of 50° С in the range from 43 to 190 cSt. Bearings are cooled by outside water, pumped through built-in oil cooler installed in the bearings.The operation of bearing is quite allowable without water cooling when shaft rotational speed is up to 30% from assigned. 
Principal technical characteristics of the bearings are given in Table. 

Description of Design
The bearing consists of: 
a body, bearing race with balance system which are housed in the bearing and thrust pads intended for perception of axial stop; 
Bearing spheric shell percepting radial load from shaft line mass and its centering, providing selfadjustment of bearing in shaft misalignment. 
Oil cooler is housed in central space of a body between bearing races. Oil feeding rings, oil ring, oil header and oil-catch rings are housed in casings which are joined to the surface of a body and lined with oil. Oil feeding rings and oil-catch rings form a system of labyrinth seals and prevent oil leaks. The oil drip rings and oil wiper rings make up a system of labyrinth seals to prevent oil leaks out of the bearing. 

Accessories Included
Bearing is supplied with a spares and accessories kit (shells, thrust pads, thermometer) and operating documentation. 

Bearing No

Dimensions, mm

Max thrust, kN

Consumpt of water, l/min

Mass, kg

Max radial load, kN

D

L

B

H

H1

H2

1

100…120

550

530

480

80

150

140

43

500

12

2

130…140

630

615

630

120

180

200

50

750

14

3

160…180

800

740

720

120

215

280

50

1100

20

4

190…220

880

860

820

120

270

420

60

1150

40

5

240…260

990

980

880

130

290

570

60

2750

42

6

280…300

1130

1140

980

140

330

750

70

3500

50

7

320…360

1200

1250

1100

150

380

1000

70

4500

85

8

360…400

1300

1400

1250

160

470

1400

83

6000

120

9

420…470

1700

1600

1320

170

460

2000

83

8000

160

10

500…550

2000

1880

1900

300

625

2800

100

16000

230

11

570…600

2200

2020

2050

200

670

3200

100

20000

290


Thrust bearing. Scheme.


Thrust bearing. Scheme.


Thrust bearing. Photo.