Rod End Plain Bearings Engineering Data - RBC Bearings Incorporated

Aerospace: Rod End Plain Bearings

RBC Aerospace Bearings offers a full line of Mil-Spec standard and many specialty and custom designed plain rod ends to the aerospace industry and all major OEMs. These bearing assemblies incorporate a spherical bearing swaged into the rod end body or a loader slot design. Plain rod end bearings are available in high misalignment, high temperature, and light weight titanium series with external or internal threads, optional keyways, and slots.

The rod end bodies are designed to provide high strength and ductility. Common materials for the body are: 4340 cadmium plated, 17-4PH, 15-5PH, PH13-8Mo, Titanium, Inconel® 718, Aluminum and other materials. The inserts provide the rod end with high misalignment and load carrying capability. The insert bearings may be of 17-4PH, 440C, 52100 chrome plated Inconel® 718, Cobalt, Aluminum, Beryllium-Copper, or PH13Mo. The loader slot bearing has the additional ability to remove and replace the spherical ball. (Inconel® is a registered trademark of the INCO family of companies)

RBC manufacturers a number of self-lubricating liner materials that are qualified to AS81935 (formerly MIL-B-81935). In addition, over 60 other self-lubricating materials are available for specific characteristics; such as high temperature for turbine engine applications, or for airframe, helicopter, and landing gear applications.

RBC plain rod end bearings have been qualified to stringent SAE, military, AECMA, and customer design and performance standards in RBC test laboratories. For information on special plain rod end bearings or for information on the many standard series of plain rod end bearings available from RBC, please consult RBC Customer Service at 866.RBC.AERO (866.722.2376).

Click this link for an RBC Engineering overview of plain bearings and to learn more about our advanced liner systems, Engineering Information, or click the link below for bearing specifications.

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Self-Lubricating AS81935 Alloy Steel Series M81935/1 Wide, High Capacity Series External Threads Alloy Steel, Self-Lubricated M81935/2 Wide, High Capacity Series Internal Threads Alloy Steel, Self-Lubricated M81935/4 Narrow, Light Capacity Series External Threads Alloy Steel, Self-Lubricated M81935/5 Narrow, Light Capacity Series Internal Threads Alloy Steel, Self-Lubricated AS81935 CRES PH13-8Mo Series M81935/6 Wide, High Capacity Series External Threads CRES PH13-8Mo, Self-Lubricated M81935/7 Wide, High Capacity Series Internal Threads CRES PH13-8Mo, Self-Lubricated M81935/8 Narrow, Light Capacity Series External Threads CRES PH13-8Mo, Self-Lubricated M81935/9 Narrow, Light Capacity Series Internal Threads CRES PH13-8Mo, Self-Lubricated AS81935 17-4PH/CRES 440C Series Wide, High Capacity Series External Threads 17-4PH/CRES 440C, Self-Lubricated Wide, High Capacity Series Internal Threads 17-4PH/CRES 440C, Self-Lubricated Narrow, Light Capacity Series External Threads 17-4PH/CRES 440C, Self-Lubricated Narrow, Light Capacity Series Internal Threads 17-4PH/CRES 440C, Self-Lubricated EN Standard Series EN6056 Series Metric Series External Threads CRES, Self-Lubricated	Metal-to-Metal CRES Metal-to-Metal Series External Threaded Series CRES, Metal-to-Metal Internal Threaded Series CRES, Metal-to-Metal High Misalignment Self-Lubricating High Misalignment Series External Threads Self-Lubricated High Misalignment Series Internal Threads Self-Lubricated Metal-to-Metal High Misalignment Series External Threads Metal-to-Metal High Misalignment Series Internal Threads Metal-to-Metal Titanium Bearings Feature Page Light Weight Self-Lubricating Light Weight Series External Threads Titanium, Self-Lubricated Light Weight Series Internal Threads Titanium, Self-Lubricated High Temperature Self-Lubricating High Temperature Series External Threads Self-Lubricated High Temperature Series Internal Threads Self-Lubricated Loader Slot Rod End Feature Page Loader Slot Series External Threads