Sliding vs Rolling: Benefits of Plastic Linear Bearings
Prefer to watch the webinar? Here you go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLXX4kHNp5s
The topic of today's webinar is sliding versus rolling: the benefits of plastic linear bearings. We are going to discuss how to correctly implement plastic linear plain bearings into applications where you are likely more familiar with designing in recirculating ball bearings. Implementing plastic linear bearings is a way to help you improve the lifetime of your equipment, reduce costs and eliminate the need for grease from your applications.
This presentation is technical in nature and there are a number of key takeaways:
- How composite plastic bearings are made
- How what we call motion plastics or engineered plastics differs from simpler commercial plastics available on the market
- How they work
- How they differ from recirculating ball bearings
- How they can help reduce the maintenance and downtime associated with lubrication or lubrication-related failures in the field
- How they are able to offer cost reductions through self-lubrication
- How to properly implement plastic linear bearings into your designs
- Different application examples (so you can better understand when and where to use plastic bearings)