Pot bearings
Description
WABODEC P bearings consist of a steel baseplate housing a ring into which a rubber disc is fitted. The former ring is closed above a steel pressure plate engaging with a slight clearance into the circular baseplate recess. Rubber is retained in all directions and, behaving as an incompressible liquid, affords rotations on all axes.
To allow for sliding, the pressure disc is faced on top with a 4 mm thick partly recessed PTFE layer. The disc is also placed in contact with a steel plate lined with stainless steel high-mirror-finished-sheet. On guide bearings guide bars restricts the movement in one direction and resists horizontal forces perpendicular to the direction of translations. High-grade anticorrosion treatments and dustproofing gaskets adequately protect sliding surfaces.