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Material Properties
Glacier Vandervell’s production processes are strictly controlled to produce optimum
microstructure to ensure the correct bearing properties for each application.
VP2 VP1 VP10 SY
Composition (SAE 49) Composition Composition (SAE 792) Composition (SAE 792)
Pb 23% Pb 17% Pb 10% Pb 10%
Sn 1.5% Sn 5% Sn 10% Sn 10%
Cu remainder Cu remainder Cu remainder Cu remainder
High Performance VP2 VP10 SY
Racing Bearings VP2 is a lead-bronze material which VP10 is a very high strength lead SY is the sintered equivalent of
is continuously cast onto steel strip. bronze. Its load carrying capacity VP10 and is used in similar
VP1 & VP2 lead-indium overlay Casting and quenching conditions and shock resistance mean that it is applications, principally small
plated cast lead-bronze are controlled in order to produce a an ideal small end bush material for end bushes.
microstructure with vertically diesel engines and racing engine
engine bearings have been orientated bronze columns. applications.
fitted to every Indy 500 VP2 is overlay plated with either
winning car since 1980. lead-indium, lead-tin-copper, or
lead-tin-alumina. Sputtered
This combination of overlay aluminium tin can also be specified.
and substrate is the preferred VP2 is used in many applications
with high specific loads, such as
option for all competitive highly rated diesel and racing
engine designs in the US engines.
Champ Car Series. VP1
VP1 differs from VP2 in its reduced
Glacier Vandervell has lead and increased tin content,
supported most of the major giving a higher load carrying
capacity. VP1 is used unplated in
Formula 1 Teams since bush applications, and overlay
winning the first Constructors plated in very highly loaded half
Championship in 1958 with the bearing applications.
Vanwall Grand Prix car.
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