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JOURNAL BEARNG APPARATUS

DESCRIPTION :
The apparatus consists of a plain steel shaft
encased in a bearing and directly driven by a
small electric motor. The bearing is freely
supported on the shaft and sealed at the
motor end.
The motor speed is precisely controlled and
adjusted by specially designed control unit
and can be run in both the directions. The
bearing contains twelve equal spaced
pressure tappings around its circumference
and four additional ones along its topside and
on a vertical radial plane. All are connected by
light and flexible plastic tubes to the rear
manometer panel so that pressure head of oil
at all sixteen points can be clearly observed at
all times.
Oil is supplied to a low pressure region at both
ends of the bearings by an adjustable
reservoir fitted at the side of the rear panel.
The bearings can be loaded by attaching
various weights to the arms supported
beneath it. A table is conveniently provided at
the front of the apparatus.
RANGE OF EXPERIMENTS

Simple Demonstrations.
Observations of pressure profile at
the various conditions of load and speed
EXPERMENTAL NVESTGATON
a.) Plotting polar pressure curves.
b.) Plotting the theoretical curves.
SPECIFICATIONS.
Journal made up of mild steel 50mm dia
Bearing made up of mild steel 55mm dia.
Weights provided to adjust journal
Recommended oil SAE 40 or 20W40
Motor DC speed range 250 - 1500 rev/min
in both the directions.
Dimmerstat provided to varry the speed of
motor of 2 or 4 amp.
Manometer Panel 16 tubes mounted on
sheet board measuring tapes provided
to measure manometric reading .
Tank provided to immerse the oil.
Suitable arrangement provided to supply oil
to journal
Arrangement provided to collect overflown
oil from manometer.
Arrangement to change the supply head
within permissible limits.

FEATURES :
1) Pressure profiles along and around the
bearing continuously monitored on large
manometer
2) Theoretical pressure profile can be carried
out and compared with practical results.
3) Wide range of speeds and loads possible.
A.C. single Phase 230 V 50 Hz. electrical
supply.
Tachometer to measure speed of the
journal.
Suitable foundation
SERVICE REQUIRED

Note: This literature has been carefully prepared at time of printing. How ever, in the interest of further
improvement, We reserve the right to change of modify the equipment without notice.
Equipment for TRIBOLOGY LAB.
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