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Bearing Materials
Glacier Vandervell Europe manufactures bearing materials in four groups:
G Aluminium based materials
G Copper based materials
G Whitemetals
G Polymer based materials
Preferred Material Applications
Application Material Application Material Application Material
Engines - Light Duty Racing Car Engines Starter Motors
Output Shaft Bush
Main Bearings AS15, AS16 Main Bearings VP2C VP10, DX
Thrust Washers AS15, AS1241 Thrust Washers VP2 Door, Tailgate, Bonnet, Boot Hinges
Con-Rod Bearings AS15, AS16, AS1241 Con-Rod Bearings VP2A,VP1A Pivot Bush DU, DM
Small End Bushes SY, VP10 Small End Bushes VP10 Vehicle Seats
Slide Rails
Camshaft Bearings AS15 Gearboxes Adjustment Bushes DX
Bushes DU, DX
Engines - Heavy Duty Thrust Washers VP1, VP10, DU, Hi-eX
AS15, VP2
Main Bearings AS16, AS1241, VP2C Steering Mechanisms
Thrust Washers AS1241, VP2 Suspension Struts Bushes DU, DX
Con-Rod Bearings VP2C, AS154C Guide Bush DU, DP4
Small End Bushes VP10 Reciprocating Compressors Windscreen Wipers
Camshaft Bearings VP1 Main Bearings AS15, Hi-eX Linkage Pivot Bushes DU
Con-Rod Bearings B1, AS15 Motor DU
Aluminium Based Materials The combination of cast lead bronze The acetal co-polymer lined
Aluminium bi-metals have become and lead indium produces a bearing Glacier DX was developed to give
the industry standard for medium widely accepted as the design superior performance with grease
loaded engine applications. standard for heavy duty diesel lubrication and is used in
These materials consist of tin or tin engines and high performance applications such as seat rails,
and silicon in an aluminium matrix. racing engines. king pins, tail lifts and steering,
This gives the materials good soft suspension and brake linkages.
phase properties whilst the addition Whitemetals
of silicon gives the material the Whitemetals, in either lead based or Recent developments include
property of conditioning cast iron tin based form, have traditionally Glacier DP4 and Glacier DS.
crankshaft journals. This group of been employed for their excellent Glacier DP4 is a composite
materials has excellent corrosion soft phase properties. The bearing material developed to meet
resistance. Aluminium based bi- alloy is either tin antimony copper or market demands for greater
metals are formed from lead antimony tin, and is cast on the erosion resistance, lower friction
continuously cast alloy which is roll steel backing. and improved wear performance
bonded onto a steel backing with in suspension struts and shock-
an aluminium foil interlayer. The use of whitemetal bearings in absorbers. Glacier DS is a filled
modern engines is declining due to acetal based material, developed
These materials offer an excellent their low strength, and they are now to solve problems of fretting
cost effective compromise between restricted to the most lightly loaded corrosion damage of the mating
hard and soft phase characteristics. applications. material (used widely in ski lifts).
Copper Based Materials Polymer Based Materials Glacier DM is a composite dry
This bearing material group Glacier has long been at the bearing tape material consisting
consists of lead bronzes, which forefront in the development of of an expanded (woven) aluminium
have superior strength and are polymer based bearing materials mesh impregnated with PTFE
often specified for highly loaded suitable for both dry and marginally and lead. The material is readily
engine applications. These alloys lubricated applications. formable and bushes may be
consist of a distribution of lead in a The fundamental technologies burnished to size after assembly
bronze matrix which is either cast or which are today most widely used to give a closely controlled
sintered onto the steel backing. for the manufacture of steel backed clearance. DM is particularly
polymer lined bearings were suitable for door hinge
Copper based materials are developed by Glacier and licensed applications.
relatively hard and for crankshaft worldwide.
applications require overlay plating Glacier solid polymer bearing
to provide adequate soft phase PTFE based Glacier DU is suitable materials suitable for light duty
properties. This also improves the for both dry and lubricated applications include Glacier DQ
corrosion resistance. Glacier applications and is employed in a and Glacier EP. Components may
Vandervell’s most widely used wide range of industrial and be produced in non standard and
overlay is lead indium which automotive applications, including complex shapes from both
combines maximum fatigue suspension struts, shock absorbers, materials.
strength with optimum soft phase hinges, pumps and wiper arms.
properties.
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