Patent ID: 7065876
Filing Date: 2006-06-27
Classification: D21G,F16C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for slide bearing a roll in a paper/board machine or a finishing machine, providing an extra-roll slide bearing system, said slide bearing system comprising a body section ( 5 ) which is formed with a bearing housing ( 7 ), said bearing housing being provided with hydrostatic bearing elements ( 3 ) disposed around a shaft ( 2 ) and fitted with slide elements ( 4 ), having a sliding surface ( 16 ) directed towards the shaft ( 2 ), a bushing ( 6 ) between the slide elements ( 4 ) and the shaft ( 2 ), which is mounted on the shaft ( 2 ) for rotation therewith, said slide elements ( 4 , 4 A) being adapted to position themselves around bushing ( 6 ) with the sliding surfaces ( 16 ) against the bushing's outer surface directed away from the shaft for supporting said shaft ( 2 ), and hence a roll ( 1 ), rotably relative to the body section ( 5 ), and end caps ( 8 , 9 ), along with packing elements ( 12 , 14 ) therefor, mounted on the axial ends of the bearing housing ( 7 ) for sealing the bearing housing, and assembling the slide bearing as a single package directly on the shaft.