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    9.6 BEARING CLEARANCE SLEEVE BEARING CLEARANCE DEPENDS ON MANY FACTORS By Chuck Yung, EASA Technical Suppor Specialist Editor's Note: Sleeve bearings are also known as babbitt ‘bearings, white metal bearings and plain bearings. Can you sete a disagreement about the subject of sleeve bearing clearance? We have several contradictory uide- lines, some of them from manufacturers. Which is best? Itis fairto say that our outlook on life is colored by expe- riences In our industry, those experiences often are shaped by the customers we serve. A good example is this ques- tion about the proper clearance between a shaft and the sleeve bearing It rides in. Chances are each of us has a ‘le of thumb for bearing clearance, probably relatedto shaft diameter. Some of these may look familiar: + One thousandth, plus 1 per inch of diameter + Two thousandtns, plus 1 per inch of diameter + 0.0015" perinch of diameter + 0,002" per inch of ciameter DEPENDS ON APPLICATION They can't all be right, yet many of us may have used ‘one ofthese rules (probably not the same one, either!) with creat success. Which one, if any, FIGURE 1: SLEEVE BEARING CLEARANCES (BABBITT LINED) Dime desrance (ie) EASA TO TOSS 14 Vince ‘Sha ameter nce) Section 9 ‘depends on the application, your customer base includes stow-speed synchronous ‘motors, ou have probably seen motors operating fine with ‘more than twioe the recommended clearance. The person ‘who works primarily on 2-pole petrochemical motors knows that they ean vibrate when the bearing clearance is even slightly excessive. ‘One o he frst things to consider when looking at quide- lines for bearing clearance is whether itis racial or ciametral. We are going to talkin terms of diametral clearance-total

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