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    About Sleeve Bearings
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    Choose a sleeve bearing that matches your load and speed requirements and that's right for your environment.

    Dry-Running Sleeve Bearings

    Image of Product. Front orientation. Sleeve Bearings. Dry-Running Sleeve Bearings.
    Made of naturally slippery plastic so you’ll never have to add lubricant. They’re ideal for clean environments where you need to prevent oil drips or graphite flakes. Compared to metal bearings, they are lighter and will never rust.
    With no moving parts, sleeve bearings are the simplest way to support the load of a rotating shaft while reducing friction. Also known as plain bearings.
    Harsh-Environment Vespel® Polyimide—The top choice for equipment exposed to extreme cold, heat, and chemicals. Vespel® bearings also support heavy loads at high speeds.
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    Lg.
    Dynamic Radial Load
    Cap. @ Speed
    Color
    Temp. Range,
    ° F
    1-24
    25-99
    100-Up
    Harsh-Environment Vespel® Polyimide
    1/4"5/16"1/4"300 lb. @ 120 rpmBlack-400 to 55058315K5000000000000000000
    1/4"3/8"1/4"300 lb. @ 120 rpmBlack-400 to 55058315K42000000000000000
    1/4"3/8"3/8"450 lb. @ 120 rpmBlack-400 to 55058315K12000000000000000
    1/4"3/8"1/2"610 lb. @ 120 rpmBlack-400 to 55058315K41000000000000000
    3/8"15/32"1/2"910 lb. @ 120 rpmBlack-400 to 55058315K73000000000000000
    1/2"19/32"1/2"1,200 lb. @ 120 rpmBlack-400 to 55058315K77000000000000000
    1/2"3/4"1/2"1,200 lb. @ 120 rpmBlack-400 to 55058315K340000000000000000
     

    Clean Room Stud-Mount Ball Transfers

    Image of Product. Front orientation. Contains Annotated. Ball Transfers. Clean Room Stud-Mount Ball Transfers.
    Unlike most ball transfers, which have metal balls, these have a plastic outer ball that rolls on stainless steel inner balls, so there's no metal-on-metal contact that could create and release particles into your clean room. They've also been ultrasonically cleaned and then individually bagged to prevent dust contamination. These ball transfers were originally developed for the electronics manufacturing industry, where aligning glass layers in monitors and screens must be done without introducing dust. Use them to create conveyors, transfer tables, and material staging areas in your clean room.
    Vespel® Polyimide Ball—Vespel® polyimide ball transfers are nonconductive, which means they prevent stray electrical charges from passing between your material and equipment. They're best for moving glass and other material with a polished surface because they're smoother than acetal and PEEK ball transfers and won't scratch surfaces.
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    Clean Room Std.
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    Vespel® Polyimide Ball
     
    Vespel® Polyimide/Stainless Steel Housing
    3/8"19/16"19/32"Ball UpBrownM8 × 1.25 mm15/32"0200Fed. Std. Class 1,000
    3348N130000000
     
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