Tilt Pad Bearing End Plate Clearance
Tilt Pad Bearing End Plate Clearance
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I am trying to determine what the diametrical clearance for the endplates of a 5.25" ID tilt pad journal bearing should be. The assembled bearing clearance is .008" so the endplate clearance must obviously be something larger than this. I've found lots of literature on titl pad bearing design, but nothing on endplate clearances. Thanks in advance.





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diametral clearance are the same and
measured in the same way. It is the
total shift from a tight position
in one direction to the other direction.
A better terminology might have been
radial diametral clearance and axial
clearance for the side to side movement.
RE: Tilt Pad Bearing End Plate Clearance
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RE: Tilt Pad Bearing End Plate Clearance
There are a floating seal types and these have 0.002-0.003 to the shaft and float independant of the housing.
When measuring lift on 5 pad bearings, beware, when the shaft is against 2 pads they tip together giving more clearance than actual, you must multiply the total lift by 0.899 to get the true clearance.
RE: Tilt Pad Bearing End Plate Clearance