Waukesha Bearings Tilting Pad Radial Bearings - Manual

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Tilting Pad Radial Bearings
Installation and Maintenance Instructions
1 Introduction
The following notes provide installation and assembly instructions for RPB tilting pad
radial bearings which are now provided with Directed Lubrication as standard, with a
simple and trouble free construction and no end seals. Reference should be made to
the specific contract drawing for operational information and any special features
which may be provided.
2 General Description
The standard RPB tilting pad radial bearing consists of a housing with 5 radial pads
located both circumferentially and radially by combined pad stops/oil sprays and
axially by an end plate or an integral housing flange. The standard radial pads are
centre pivoted and are suitable for either direction of rotation. The general
construction of the bearing is shown in Fig 1 and reference to this figure is made in
the following comments.