Materials

Bronze Bushes

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
Inside Diameter	+0.04	+0.0015
Outside Diameter	+0.06	+0.002
Outside Diameter	+0.10	+0.004
Length	+0.25	+0.010
Length	-0.25	-0.010