Plain Bearings

Also known as bushes, bushings, or sleeve bearings. Easily recognisable by their standard cylindrical shape, without any additional moving parts. Suitable for applications where sliding, rotating or oscillating movements are desired.

Plain bearings are suitable for an array of industrial applications, from construction and agricultural equipment to forklifts and industrial robots.

A broad range of dry sliding bearings, lubricated sliding bearings, standard wrapped bearings, hard bronze bearings and “Oilite” bushes is stocked

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Product Overview

Dry Sliding Bearings

Steel support strip SAE 1010 with a sintered bronze layer. PTFE and lead combination. Stocked in metric (plain and flanged) and imperial (plain) sizes.

Lubricated Sliding Bearings

Steel support strip with sintered bronze lining and Co-Acetal polymer layer. Metric and imperial sizes. May be subject to minimum order.

Standard Wrapped Bearings

Carbon steel shell with sintered bronze lining. Metric and imperial sizes.

Hard Bronze Bearings

For heavily loaded applications. Can be supplied with lubrication pockets, grooves or through holes.

Oilite® bushes

Standard Oilite® oil retaining tin bronze is the generally specified material. It gives a good balance between strength, wear resistance, conformability and durability in operation. Ideal in a wide variety of applications where “self lubricating” properties are required over a long period of time.

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