Abstract
Ball bearings operating below the minimum load limits experience large-scale sliding and, consequently, premature fatigue failure. A test rig has been designed and developed to study the effects of lubricant reduction on the threshold of cage gross skidding in a 35-mm-bore, angular-contact ball bearing. The experimental results were also correlated with the data from a computer model. The minimum load limit is decreased when the oil supply is reduced. This reduction of the minimum safe load is more pronounced at higher shaft speeds.
Presented as an American Society of Lubrication Engineers paper at the ASME/ASLE Tribology Conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 20–22, 1986
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Presented as an American Society of Lubrication Engineers paper at the ASME/ASLE Tribology Conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 20–22, 1986