Journal Bearing Apparatus

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 bearing contains twelve equispaced pressure tapping 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 a oil at all sixteen points can be clearly observed at all times.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.