On 5 February 2025, IKAT’s Plain Bearings specialist group had a great time presenting new research topics and reporting on ongoing projects to the Project Support Committee (PA) for Plain Bearings of the FVA and FVV research associations. Mr. Friedrich spoke about the project status of the joint project with Clausthal University of Technology ‚Combined…
We analyse hydrodynamic plain bearings for form and position deviation using the ALP3T simulation tool (general bearing programme with three-dimensional temperature distribution). The picture shows a rotating form deviation in the form of a three-sided polygon. The pressure distribution is shown on the left and the temperature distribution on the right. The shaft and the…
At the 15th VDI Conference on Plain and Roller Bearings, the Plain Bearings group presented a joint project with the Klüber company, which deals with the reduction of failure by fretting fatigue in plain bearings. Here, a thin polymer layer was applied to plain bearings to reduce wear. The advantages of this process were presented…