Self-lubricating plain bearings made of PAN®-GF
We have designed, manufactured and delivered PAN®-GF plain bearings since the beginning of the 1960's.
They have proven to be successful in service, and stemming from the use of PAN® bronzes, they are characterized by high wear resistance, insensitivity to impact loading, low start-up friction coefficients, stick-slip free sliding, corrosion resistance, and freedom of maintenance/low maintenance.
PAN®-GF plain bearings are manufactured in various designs:
- radial bearings (bushes and half bearings)
- axial thrust bearing (complete rings and half bearings)
- guide bearings
- spherical plain bearings
- sliding plates
- guide strips
- sliding blocks
- bearing segments
There are four different categories of materials whose significance depends on their tribological properties. The selection of material is always a compromise between the bearing properties (wear resistance, seizure resistance and friction) and maximum load capacity.
Group 1
lead-containing, soft bronzes with excellent bearing properties but low load capacity
Group 2
tin bronzes with very good bearing properties, high load-bearing capacity and chemical resistance
Group 3
special brasses with good bearing properties at the highest load-carrying capacity, but only limited chemical resistance, in particular against seawater
Group 4
aluminium bronzes with only moderate bearing properties but the highest corrosion resistance and load-carrying capacity
