BEARINGS TO RUN 6000,000 MILES

While the FRA has proposed a rule which would set forth minimum standards for lubrication of journal bearings for lubrication, the Timken Company has introduced a new XP (Extended Performance) bearing that is designed to operate for 600,000 miles or a period not to exceed ten years with no periodic relubrication, bearing reconditioning or disassembly during the lengthened interval.

• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  P.O. Box 350
  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Publication Date: 1973-4

Media Info

• Pagination: 2 p.
• Serial:
  • Railway Locomotives and Cars
  • Volume: 147
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bearings; Lubrication; Roller bearings
• Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00050545
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 31 1974 12:00AM