Sliding segment with crowning
AssigneeCOB Bearings GmbH
InventorsMaximilian Prölß, Peter Decker
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an improved sliding segment having a crowning on the sliding surface and a corresponding radial sliding bearing and their applications in main rotor bearings and wind turbines.
Claims32
A sliding segment comprising a sliding layer on a side facing a shaft which forms a sliding surface which contacts a sliding surface of the shaft, wherein the sliding layer having a crowning in an axial extension of the radial segment axis, and wherein the crowning has the highest point in axial direction in a centre of the segment.
A sliding segment comprising a sliding layer on a side facing a shaft which forms a sliding surface which contacts a sliding surface of the shaft, wherein the sliding layer have a crowning in the direction of an axis, and wherein the crowning in axial direction has the highest point in axial direction shifted to the left or right side of the segment centre of the segment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.