Steel And Copper Inlaid Bearing: The Ultimate Buying Guide

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Steel and Bronze Inlaid Bearing,It is a solid lubricating product in which tin bronze powder is integrally sintered and embedded with solid lubricant in the base of the steel sleeve. it can also save costs and improve compressive strength.

graphite plugged high-strength brass

  • The solid mosaic bearing is made from high-strength brass and embedded with graphite or MoS₂ solid lubricants, offering exceptional self-lubricating performance. Unlike conventional bearings that rely on an oil film for lubrication, this design overcomes that limitation. During operation, frictional heat causes the solid lubricant to release a thin lubricating film, creating an optimal blend of oil and lubrication powder. This not only prevents shaft wear but also ensures long-lasting lubrication.

oilless bronze bushing

  • The oilless bearing graphite sleeve is constructed from a 6-6 bronze alloy matrix embedded with graphite and molybdenum disulfide (MoS₂) solid lubricants. Compared to traditional bronze or brass bearings, this self-lubricating design excels in high-temperature and low-load environments, delivering exceptional wear resistance due to its integrated lubricants and optimized material composition.

Graphite Plugged Cast Iron & Steel Bushing

  • Graphite plugged bushings, made from cast iron or steel, are designed for self-lubrication, making them ideal for applications where traditional lubrication methods are impractical. These bushings incorporate solid lubricant plugs, typically graphite, which provide low-friction operation and reduce wear, extending the lifespan of machinery components.

Steel And Copper Inlaid Bearing

Steel plate casting bearing is a solid lubrication product with solid, lubricant embedded after the centrifugal casting of the copper layer in the base body of a steel sleeve, which can save cost and also improve the compressive strength. Its end face can be welded to the substrate for use, so it is suitable for metallurgical machinery, construction machinery, oil transfer machinery, etc., where oil cannot be added.

  • Speed limit: 0.5m/s
  • Dynamic load limit: 70/mm2
  • Basic hardness: HB 60~90
  • Temperature limit: 300℃
  • PV limit:1.6N/mm2
  • Friction coefficient : <0.16

Steel-base Copper Self-lubricating Sleeve

  • Combined well-wearing resistance of copper and high mechanical strength of steel:
  • The different friction coefficients of the inner and outer layer material can protect and align the axil and rotating movement of the bearing in the housing under extremely high load at a low speed.
  • The solid lubricant can be embedded on the surface to achieve self-lubricating performance. Compare with pure bronze bearing, it is much more cost-effective.
  • The steel backing is available to be heat treated to get greater hardness while the inlay can be machined if necessary.
  • Compared with bronze bearing, this product has better mechanical performance especially greater anti-impact force.
Steel And Copper Inlaid Bearing
hardened steel bushing

Durability of Steel And Copper Inlaid Bearing!

Hardened Steel Bushings

Hardened Steel Bushings are bushings made of extra hardened, high carbon steel. It is normally hardened to between 56 and 62 HRC. These bearings are extremely strong and durable, and they are excellent in low-speed, high-pressure, and pivoting motion applications. These bushings are commonly used to protect housings from premature wear and extend their lives. Some characteristics of hardened steel bushings include low rotation speeds with high pressures and plain or grooved sliding layers. Hardened steel bushings are usually sold as plain cylindrical bushings, but they can be customized to fit other applications if necessary.

Top quality

Hardened steel sleeve bushings are a considerable upgrade over traditional metal bushings, as their hardened steel provides many benefits over other metals. The hardness of the steel provides a high load capacity and resistance to wear, meaning that you can use these bushings in very high load and high-pressure applications. This resistance to wear also greatly extends the service life of the product while guaranteeing high quality and reliability. On top of all that, hardened steel bushings are still very affordable and are provided at a very low cost.

The Differences Between Hardened Steel Bushings and Bronze Bushing

Hardened Steel Bushings, flaring machine bush is made of high strength material, the special honing process is used to optimize the surface form of the sleeve wall and improve the friction performance of the sleeve ring/cylinder sleeve, reasonable oil channel design has oil guide and oil storage function and reduces oil consumption. Quenching and tempering processes are used to improve the material organization characteristics and significantly enhance the compressive strength and high-temperature resistance of the product.

Steel bush and bronze bushing comparison graphite steel bush hardness is suitable for some high load-bearing capacity machinery parts Viiplus bearing can according to customer requirements in its internal and external wall processing of various oil grooves and oil injection holes, can also process with CAD.

What are Hardened Steel Bushings Used For?

The steel bushing alloy provides high load-bearing capacity while the solid lubricant can form a lower frictional substrate, showing its excellent self-lubricating performance under high load and low-speed conditions, and is a solid inlay reinforced product with high compression resistance. Inlaid graphite work when the discharge of lubricating particles, so that the shaft and the sleeve are between a layer of the diaphragm, playing than the advantages of monomer oil lubrication anti-seize. It is especially suitable in the support part of lifting machinery, applicable to mold guide pillars, injection molding machine mold frame, roll earth machine, crane support, etc.

Steel And Copper Inlaid Bearing

High-Performance Self Lubricating Bushings

Steel And Copper Inlaid Bearing, steel back sintered with CuSn6Zn6Pb3 powder as a Lining, then solid lubricant are embedded evenly in it. It is cost-effective and has higher crash strength compared with the oilless bronze bushing type, its ends can even be welded with machine parts and assembled.
It is suitable for metallurgy machines, construction machines, and where oil is hard to be employed.

straight type
flange type
thrust washer type
slide plate type
customized type

Technical Parameters

Grade JDB-3
Material CuZn25Al5Mn4Fe3
Density g/cm³ –
Hardness HB >80~100
Tensile Strength N/mm² –
Yeild Strength N/mm² –
Elongation % –
Coefficient of linear expansion 10-5/℃ 1.2
Heat-conducting CoefficientW(/m.k) –
Flexibility Coefficient KN/mm² –
Temp. Limits ℃ -40~+300
Max. Dynamic Load 120
Max.speed m/s Dry Lubrication 0.4
Oil Lubrication 1.0
Max.PV N/mm²*m/s Dry Lubrication 1.5
Oil Lubrication 3.25
Friction Dry Lubrication 0.12~0.16
Oil Lubrication 0.03~0.08

Material Structure

Using high-density bronze roll forming or spherical oil pockets, oil hole special internal surface to reduce the wear and tear to extend the use of time and good anti-corrosion function.

Chemical Composition

Steel Layer(45 Steel) Copper Layer(And Japan CAC304 Considerable)
Fe C Si Mn S.P Cu Fe Mn Ai Zn
Margin 0.45~0.50 0.17~0.37 0.50~0.80 ≤0.040 60~66 3~8 2.25~5 5~7.5 Margin

Solid Lubricants

Solid Lubricants Features
Graphite+add Good wear performance and chemical stability,

temperature limit 400℃
Suit for general machines and under atmosphere
PTFE+add friction coefficient and good water lubrication, temperature limit 300℃ Suit for water and seawater lubricant, such as ship

Mechanical Behavior

Bond Strength Of Steel And Copper(N/mm²) Copper Layer Hardness HB Steel Layer Hardness
Not heat-treated state Surface high-frequency quenching after the cylindrical surface
≥300MPa >210 0≤241HBS ≥45HRC