Composite Bearings Are Better
Metal Backed Bearings
Metal backed bearings have great features and benefits for the price. However, Polygon’s line of PolyLube™ bearings are competitive against this family of conventional bearing materials with recent advances.
Additional Performance Differences:- With any metal backed bearing, once the overlay is broken into the shaft is in intimate contact with the metal backing–this can result in premature failure.
- Dynamic capacities are typically 20,000 PSI max, vs. 30,000 PSI for a PolyLube Fiber Series bearing.
- As with any metal structure, this type of bearing is subject to severe corrosion–as little as 24 hours into basic immersion testing.
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