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Bearing/Housing Design<br />
• Problem: Steel (α = 7 µin/in°F) bearing<br />
installed in Aluminum (α = 13.1 µin/in°F)<br />
housing. Over a wide temperature range<br />
the mismatch can cause the bearing to<br />
spin in housing or seize.<br />
• Solution: Install appropriately-sized Invar<br />
(α = 0.7 µin/in°F) sleeve between bearing<br />
and housing. Sleeve size is chosen taking<br />
into account elastic deformation <strong>of</strong><br />
bearing race, sleeve, and housing.<br />
Preload is provided by interference<br />
(shrink) fit <strong>of</strong> sleeve in housing.<br />
Space Systems Laboratory<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maryland</strong>