PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO IRC:83-2014 CLAUSE 5.

5
S. Cl. As Exists in the Code Proposed New Remarks
No. No. Clause/Modification
1. 5.5 In order to facilitate lateral rotation freely, In order to facilitate lateral In general, the distance
the sliding surface adjacent to Guides rotation freely, the sliding between bearing
shall be placed into a steel rocker strip surface adjacent to supports in the
back side of which shall be curved to Guides shall be placed transverse direction is
provide smooth full surface contact at the into a steel rocker strip lesser than the distance
sliding interface even under rotation back side of which shall between supports in the
condition (refer Figure 8 for details). be curved to provide longitudinal direction.
smooth full surface Due to this the rotation to
contact at the sliding be accommodated by the
interface even under bearings about the
rotation condition (refer horizontal axis in
Figure 8 for details). longitudinal direction is
lesser than the rotation
However, such a about axis in transverse
rocker strip will not be direction.
required if under
predicted rotation In such circumstances, it
about a horizontal does not serve well to
axis, the differential provide additional
deformation of the moving parts in the
sliding material across bearings that can be
its smallest dimension subjected to wear and
‘Bs’ does not exceed tear as this affects their
0.2mm. The condition service life.
shall be verified in the
serviceability limit Further, the sliding
materials (ex: PTFE/
state.
other approved material)
have certain
compressibility of their
own due to their material
property. This property
has to be considered
while determining the
necessity of an additional
component in the
bearing.

European standards for

design and
manufacturing of
bearings has such
provision (Refer Cl. 6.4,
EN 1337-2-2004)