Method for producing components of a tilting-pad bearing, and tilting-pad bearing

A method for producing a tilting-pad bearing (10;

• 10a) having an outer race (12;
• 12a) and a plurality of tilting pads (18;
• 18a), the method comprising:
• wherein the tilting pads (18;
• 18a) by way of an external face (20;
• 20a) are disposed so as to be pivotable about a rolling line (26;
• 26a) on an internal face (16;
• 16a) of the outer race (12;
• 12a);
• wherein a first blank (30;
• 30a) in the form of a cylindrical portion (14) having a consistent wall thickness is used for producing the tilting pads (18) from a tilting-pad race (42) and a second blank (30;
• 30a) in the form of a cylindrical portion (14) having a consistent wall thickness is used for producing the outer race (12a);
• wherein, for each of the first and second blanks:
• the cylindrical portion (14) in the region of the external circumference (32;
• 32a) thereof at a plurality of clamping locations (33;
• 33a, 34;
• 34a, 35;
• 35a) is in each case impinged with a radial force (FR) acting in the direction of the longitudinal axis (3;
• 46);
• the radial forces (FR) cause an elastic deformation of the cylindrical portion (14);
• an internal bore (38, 38a) having a round cross section is subsequently generated on the internal face (16;
• 16a) on the cylindrical portion (14) in the elastically deformed state;
• and
• the radial clamping of the cylindrical portion (14) is subsequently cancelled;
• and
• wherein the outer race (12;
• 12a) and the plurality of tilting pads (18;
• 18a) are assembled into the tilting-pad bearing (10;
• 10a).