WHAT SLIDE BEARINGS DO
When structures get hot, they expand — and this expansion has to be accommodated within the design of the structure. For example, bridges and buildings expand and contract as a result of changes in ambient temperature and pipelines expand or contract when the temperature of the fluid they are transporting changes. Failure to allow such items to expand can produce in them unacceptably high stresses and may also overload the equipment or structure to which they are attached. An extremely effective way of accommodating such expansion is to allow one item to move in relation to another — and this can easily be achieved by using slide bearings to separate the expanding item from the supporting structure. However, it is important that the bearing is designed so that the frictional force between the item and the structure is kept to a minimum, to prevent the development of high loads and stresses. |
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WHY USE EASISLIDE BEARINGS?
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To view the Catalogue pages for Easislide Low-Friction Bearings please select Metric or Imperial version.