Spherical plain bearings are suitable for applications with relatively slow rotaring and swivelling movements.
They can compensate misalignments, which succeeds in a very limited way for ball and roller bearings.
NKF offers spherical plain bearings and rod ends in the following series:
maintenance required spherical plain bearings
GE ... DO / GE ... DO-2RS, dimension series E
GE ... FO / GE ... FO-2RS, dimension series G
GE ... HO-2RS
GE ... LO, dimension series W
GE ... SX
GE ... AX
maintenance-free spherical plain bearings
GE ... UK, dimension series E
GE ... UK-2RS, dimension series E
GE ... FW, dimension series G
GE ... FW-2RS, dimension series G
GE ... SW
GE ... AW
maintenance required rod ends
GIR ... DO / GIR ... DO-2RS, dimension series E
GAR ... DO / GAR ... DO-2RS, dimension series E
GIKR ... PB, dimension series K
GAKR ... PB, dimension series K
maintenance-free rod ends
GIR ... UK, dimension series E
GIR ... UK-2RS, dimension series E
GAR ... UK, dimension series E
GAR ... UK-2RS, dimension series E
GIKR ... PW, dimension series K
GAKR ... PW, dimension series K
Hydraulic rod ends
GIHR-K ... DO
GIHN-K ... LO
GIHO-K ... DO
GAS ...
GIHR ... DO
GK ... DO, dimension series E
GF ... DO, dimension series E
The main dimensions of the maintenance-free and maintenance required spherical plain bearings comply with DIN ISO 12240-1.
The main dimensions of the angular contac spherical plain bearings comply with DIN ISO 12240-2.
The main dimensions of the axial spherical plain bearings comply with DIN ISO 12240-3.
The main dimensions of the maintenance required and free rod ends comply with DIN ISO 12240-4.