Plastic bearing- efficiency
Plastic bearing- efficiency
(OP)
I am looking into making a low-cost bearing from possibly plastic on plastic. It would need to support no axial thrust and very minimal radial loads. I'm thinking just an acetal ring with an acetal (or metal) shaft passing through it. Does anyone have information on calculating power loss in such a device (simple as it may be) as a function of friction coefficient, shaft diameter, shaft RPM, and ring ID?





RE: Plastic bearing- efficiency
RE: Plastic bearing- efficiency
RE: Plastic bearing- efficiency
Why waste time re-developing the same thing?
I would agree that IGUS are very good on plain plastic bearings, and very helpful.
Lester Milton
Telford, Shropshire, UK