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Glacier Vandervell has highly specialised material scientists working in its research
laboratories where bearing alloys can be closely examined to ensure optimum material
microstructure. Micrographs of the full range of Glacier Vandervell materials, as illustrated
here, are prepared and examined using state of the art microsection preparation
equipment and optical and Scanning Electron Microscopy.

SX B1 SP Sical 3

Composition (SAE 794) Composition (SAE 12) Composiion Composition

Pb 22% Sb 7.5% Pb 26% Sn 3%
Sn 4.5% Cu 3% Sn 1.5% Cu 3%
Cu remainder Sn remainder Cu remainder Al remainder

SX B1 SICAL 3
SX is the sintered equivalent of B1 is tin based whitemetal. It has Sical 3 is a solid tin-aluminium alloy
VP1 and is produced by spreading some applications as camshaft obtained by continuous casting for
a lead-bronze powder onto a steel bushes. It is also used for solid bearings. The most common
strip. The strip is then heated in a connecting rod bearings for application is for gear pump
sintering furnace, rolled, and reciprocating compressors. bushing blocks.
resintered. The sinter process
allows a wide range of material SP
compositions to be produced. SP is a sintered lead bronze, similar
SX is used with a lead-tin or to VP2 but with an increased lead
lead-tin-copper overlay in half content. It is used in many bush
bearing applications, and unplated applications and when plated with
in bush applications. lead-tin or lead-tin-copper, may be
used for automotive crankshaft half
bearings.

SICAL Bearing Block for
power steering hydraulic

gear pumps.

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