Tapered Land Bearings

Industry depends on consistency. Your products and services conform to organization-wide standards that your clients and customers expect and rely on.

Tapered land bearings are essential to delivering the results you expect and need.
Tapered land bearings use lubricating oil to provide additional thrust load capacity where it is necessary. Tapered land bearings are ideal for use in mid to large-sized high-speed machines, and thrive on consistency. Machines with a constant load and speed are necessary for tapered land bearings to function well. Similarly, tapered land bearings require a consistent and specific load, speed and lubricant viscosity. This is not a limitation of tapered land bearings, but a testament to tapered land bearings specialized functionality that can help your machines’ results be consistent and unique, making all tasks reflect your organization’s distinct vision.

Tapered land bearings come in several different forms. Each form has important differences between one another, making some more suitable than others depending on desired outcomes. These forms of tapered land bearings include:

• Straight tapers are cut so that the same depth of the taper is continued from inside to outside of the taper portion of the thrust surface. Straight tapers provide more thrust load capacity than a smooth thrust surface.
• Compound tapers have multiple depths, the deepest being at the inside surface, and the shallowest on the outside surface. Compound tapers provide more thrust load capacity than straight tapers.

Uses for Tapered Land Bearings

Tapered land bearings are compatible with a variety of machinery, including:

• Compressors
• Chillers
• Turbines
• Electric motors
• Gear drives
• Locomotives
• Marine
• Pumps
• And many others

Dedicated to Dependability

Babbitt Bearings, Inc. is committed to manufacturing dependable bearings. Your organization depends on no-hassle functionality from your machines, and you can’t afford to switch out parts often. Babbitt Bearings understands this need, and our products reflect this reality. Babbitt Bearings consistently produces bearings that are reliable and long-lasting.

A Commitment to Satisfy

If your bearings do fail, Babbitt Bearings can fix the issue promptly with our rebabbitting or machining repair services. We also offer emergency delivery when necessary. Our company values our relationships with every individual customer, and we strive to provide products and services you can confidently rely on.

Build Greatness With Babbitt Bearings

With Babbitt Bearings, Inc., you’re working with parts made by expert, professional craftsmen whose handiwork has built businesses and liberated nations.

Contact us today to make our thrust bearings work for you.