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Bearings
Technical
Manual
[i] Introduction4
> OE Quality Total confidence
> Glyco History
> Federal-Mogul Research and Development
> Federal-Mogul Racing activities
> Stay on top of the latest developments
[1] Fundamentals 8
> Installation of bearings
> Types of bearings
> Strengths & weaknesses of engine bearings
[2 ] Design features of a sliding bearing shell 10
> Basic measurements & terminology
> Locating lug
> Crush height
> Free spread diameter
> Crush relief
> Wall thickness
> Undersize bearings
[3 ] Bushes & thrust washers 14
> Jobs
> Design
> Stresses
[4 ] Crank pins 16
> Axial shape error
> Radial shape error
> Surface roughness
> NCI crankshafts
[5 ] Bearing clearance 18
> Factors influencing bearing clearance
> Size and tolerances of bearing clearance
> Consequences of bearing clearance for the engine
> The influence of oil temperature on bearing clearance
[6 ] Oil film 20
> Functions of the oil film
> Lubricating the engine’s bearings
> The physics of lubrication
> Hydrodynamic lubrication
> Hydrostatic damping
> Dirt problems
[7 ] Materials for sliding bearings 24
> Requirements for bearing materials
> Structure of bearing materials
> Types of bearing materials
[8 ] Federal-Mogul technologies in bearing materials 26
> GLYCO-199 technology: GLYCO Sputter Bearings ®
The process
Repair & running tips GLYCO Sputter Bearings ®
> Lead-free bushes & bearings
New legislation requirements
Lead-free materials
GLYCO Lead-Free technology: A370 ® & cs-4
> GLYCO-188 technology
principles & advantages
Results
Conclusion31
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