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Overview
Kormax stock a comprehensive range of Metric and Imperial Bronze Bushes (also known as FB and FBM Bronze Bushes). Kormax’s plain bronze bearings, also known as bronze sleeve bushings, are manufactured from continuous cast bronze, conforming to AS1565 gradeC83600 (BS1400 LG2). Progressive sizes are available in imperial and metric sizes, however Kormax can also manufacture bronze bushings to your specific size and tolerance requirements. The ready-to-use nature of these bushes allows significant time savingsand lower overall cost in a wide variety of applications.
Common Applications
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Key Features
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Material Profile
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Operating Performance
Condition | Rating | Recommendation |
Dry | 1 | Not Recommended |
Oil Lubricated | 6 | Excellent |
Grease Lubricated | 6 | Excellent |
Fresh Water | 4 | Good (with lubrication) |
Salt Water | 3 | Fair (with lubrication) |
Bearing Properties
Physical Properties | Condition | Metric Values | Imperial Values |
Maximum Contact Pressure | Sliding | 28 N/mm2 | 4061 psi |
Operating temperature | Min | -100 °C | -148 °F |
Operating temperature | Max | 250 °C | 482 °F |
Maximum sliding speed | Lubricated | 2.5 m/s | 492 fpm |
Maximum PV factor | Lubricated | 2.5 N/mm2 x m/s | 71300 psi x fpm |
Coefficient of friction | Lubricated | 0.08 – 0.14 |
Tolerances
Tolerances | Metric | Imperial |
Inside Diameter | -0.01 | -0.0005 |
+0.04 | +0.0015 | |
Outside Diameter | +0.06 | +0.002 |
+0.10 | +0.004 | |
Length | +0.25 | +0.010 |
-0.25 | -0.010 |
Mating Material Recommendations
Physical Properties | Unit | Value |
Surface Roughness | µm | – |
Surface Hardness | BHN | >180 |
Quality Management
Quality materials, delivered to standard.
Kormax is ISO certified for ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001.
All Kormax products come with batch certifications.