Plain Bearings
Plain bearings are used in many industries and across many applications where there is a need to cost-efficiently and reliably meet the challenge of oscillating movements and possible misalignment. From mining and construction equipment, farm and forestry machinery, all the way to forklift trucks and solar power equipment.
A plain bearing, or more commonly sliding bearing and slide bearing (in railroading sometimes called a solid bearing, journal bearing, or friction bearing[citation needed]), is the simplest type of bearing, comprising just a bearing surface and no rolling elements. Therefore, the journal (i.e., the part of the shaft in contact with the bearing) slides over the bearing surface. The simplest example of a plain bearing is a shaft rotating in a hole. A simple linear bearing can be a pair of flat surfaces designed to allow motion; e.g., a drawer and the slides it rests on or the ways on the bed of a lathe.
Plain bearings, in general, are the least expensive type of bearing. They are also compact and lightweight, and they have a high load-carrying capacity.
![AST AST800 1020 plain bearings](https://m.linkturtle.com/uploaded_images/d9230-ast-ast800-1020-plain-bearings.jpg)
- AST AST800 1020 plain bearings
- B00308
- 8482.10.50.68
![AST AST40 2210 plain bearings](https://m.linkturtle.com/uploaded_images/d9231-ast-ast40-2210-plain-bearings.jpg)
- AST AST40 2210 plain bearings
- N/A
- 0.01
![AST AST40 F15170 plain bearings](https://m.linkturtle.com/uploaded_images/d9228-ast-ast40-f15170-plain-bearings.jpg)
- AST AST40 F15170 plain bearings
- 6.625 Inch | 168.275
- Non-expansion
![AST GEZ38ET-2RS plain bearings](https://m.linkturtle.com/uploaded_images/d9230-ast-gez38et-2rs-plain-bearings.jpg)
- AST GEZ38ET-2RS plain bearings
- 72.7
- 6216zc3-timken
![AST AST650 506540 plain bearings](https://m.linkturtle.com/uploaded_images/d9234-ast-ast650-506540-plain-bearings.jpg)
- AST AST650 506540 plain bearings
- Bearing
- 35 Degree | 4 Point
![AST GEGZ88ES-2RS plain bearings](https://m.linkturtle.com/uploaded_images/d9232-ast-gegz88es-2rs-plain-bearings.jpg)
- AST GEGZ88ES-2RS plain bearings
- 31171531
- 2.5 Inch | 63.5 Mill
![AST AST40 1412 plain bearings](https://m.linkturtle.com/uploaded_images/d9230-ast-ast40-1412-plain-bearings.jpg)
- AST AST40 1412 plain bearings
- Bearings
- 0
![AST AST850BM 6530 plain bearings](https://m.linkturtle.com/uploaded_images/d9225-ast-ast850bm-6530-plain-bearings.jpg)
- AST AST850BM 6530 plain bearings
- SBG8S
- Steel
![AST GEFZ22C plain bearings](https://m.linkturtle.com/uploaded_images/d9228-ast-gefz22c-plain-bearings.jpg)
- AST GEFZ22C plain bearings
- Metric
- Inner Ring Only
![AST AST50 58IB36 plain bearings](https://m.linkturtle.com/uploaded_images/d9227-ast-ast50-58ib36-plain-bearings.jpg)
- AST AST50 58IB36 plain bearings
- TIMKEN
- TIMKEN
![AST ASTEPBF 6065-50 plain bearings](https://m.linkturtle.com/uploaded_images/d9233-ast-astepbf-6065-50-plain-bearings.jpg)
- AST ASTEPBF 6065-50 plain bearings
- 0.04
- YPB4T