Journal Bearing Apparatus

DESCRIPTION :The apparatus consists of a plain steel shaft encased in a bearing and directly driven by a small electric motor. The bearing is freely supported on the shaft and sealed at the motor end.The motor speed is precisely controlled and adjusted by specially designed control unit and can be run in both the directions.The bearing contains twelve equispaced pressure lappings around its circumference and four additional ones along its topside and on a vertical radial plane. All are connected by light and flexible plastic tubes to the rear manometer panel so that pressure head of aoil at all sixteen points can be clearly observed at all times.Oil is supplied to a low pressure region at both ends of the bearings by an adjustable resevoir fitted at the side of the rear panel.The bearings can be loaded by attaching various weights to the arms supported beneath it.A label is conveniently provided at the front of the apparatus.