modern-day bearing materials. Zero maintenance is often expected under severe to extreme conditions as well as under maximum loads.

The constant pressure on costs also calls for increasing uptime of machinery and equipment and uncompromising standards of operational reliability. materials are suitable for applications involving sustained high static and dynamic loads,relatively low sliding speeds and rotary, angular, axial or linear motion. They are also suitable for applications where conventional lubrication is not possible or permissible, or where other properties are required such as durability and resistance to operational and environmental or special conditions (e.g. impact load, abrasive stress, etc).