Base material

Base Material Johnson Metall AB produce a wide range of copperbased alloys, four of which are used as base material in OILES 500 bearings. Data relating to those alloys is given in the table below. The capacity of carrying load is very much dependent on the choice of alloy. The selection of the base material will thus be based on the requirement of load carrying capacity. Note that the temperature has an influence on the allowable load values and also the choice of lubricant.

Base Material JM1-15
Cu85 Sn5 Pb5 Zn5
JM3-15
Cu88 Sn12
JM5-15
Cu80 Sn10 Pb10
JM7-15
Cu82 Ni4 A110 Fe4
Lubricant
SL101
SL2
SL4
SL101
SL2
SL4
SL101
SL2
SL4
SL101
SL2
SL4
Max sliding
velocity V m/s
0.2
0.5
0.8
0.2
0.5
0.7
0.2
0.5
0.8
0.2
0.3
0.5
Max load P at
20°C N/mm2
30
50
30
90
Max load P at
max allowable
temp N/mm2
25
25
30
45
20
20
25
75
80
90
Max load P static
(v≈0) N/mm2
55
90
60
160
Max allowable
temp °C
250
150
80
300
150
80
200
150
80
400
150
80
Max PV-value
Dry condition
N/mm2x m/s
0.2
0.4
0.8
0.3
0.6
0.7
0.2
0.4
0.8
1.0
1.0
3.0
Max PV-value
In water
N/mm2 x m/s
  1.2   2.0   1.2   3.0
Conversion factors: Velocity V in m/s to ft/min: multiply by 197 Load P in N/mm2 to psi: multiply by 145 PV-value in N/mm2 x m/s to psi x ft/min multiply by 28523.