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Re: Lubricating axels, etc.
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 1 Aug 2001 19:39:50 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.trains, Reinhard "Ben" Beneke writes:
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> > One last hint:
> > if the wheels sets are quite old and have been used for most of the time • under
> > heavy duty, then they might have evidently wear in their bearings.
> >
> > The 9V wheel blocks are using "tip bearings" (sorry I have not found the
> > translation for "Spitzenlager" in
> > any dictionary). I mean a bearing as used for e.g. in good mechanical clocks.
> > These bearings are not made for higher loads, but their main advantage is
> > their very low friction.
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> "needle" bearings. That is, they are just a hard metal point in a soft metal
> (or in this case, hard plastic) cup. Very common in regular MR as well where
> the metal is often Stainless Steel and the plastic is Delrin, a hard kind of
> nylon I think.
Thanks Larry,
the direct back-translation of needle bearing would be "Nadellager" in German,
but Nadellager has a completely different meaning here. That is a roller
bearing with very fine (long and thin like needles) cylinders like this one:
http://www.ina.de/inaupdate/produkt/medias/images/NAMAS.gif
Regards,
Ben
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> A "spit" in english, one meaning of it anyway, is a long thin bit of land
> often coming to a point that sticks out into a lake or ocean...
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| (...) "needle" bearings. That is, they are just a hard metal point in a soft metal (or in this case, hard plastic) cup. Very common in regular MR as well where the metal is often Stainless Steel and the plastic is Delrin, a hard kind of nylon I (...) (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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