Slide bearing plates and related methods of use. A slide bearing plate has a body; a pipe shoe slide channel defined in a top face of the body; in which opposed walls and a base of the pipe shoe slide channel are made of a bearing material. A slide bearing plate has a body; a pipe shoe slide channel defined in a top face of the body; and a beam slide channel defined in a base face of the body. A slide bearing plate has: a body formed of a bearing material; and one or more of: a pipe shoe receptacle defined by a top face of the body; or a beam receptacle defined by a base face of the body. A pipe support stand has: a pipe; a pipe shoe supporting the pipe; a slide bearing plate supporting a base of the pipe shoe within the pipe shoe slide channel. A method involves installing a slide bearing plate between a pipe shoe and a support beam.

A rolling-element bearing cage or rolling-element bearing cage segment is formed from aluminum alloy AA6082 and/or AA7020 and may have a tensile strength of at least 350 MPa and/or a yield strength of at least 310 MPa and/or a hardness of at least 100 HBW. Also a method of forming a rolling-element bearing cage or rolling-element bearing cage segment from aluminum alloy AA6082 and/or AA 7020.

A component of a universal joint bearing includes at least one casing having a cylindrical wall and a base and at least one formation projecting from the base. The at least one formation is receivable in a clamp of a rotational processing machine to secure the component to the rotational processing machine during a rotational machining of a wall of the component. Also a method that includes clamping the component by the formation and machining inner and outer surfaces of the component without unclamping the component.

A method for producing a friction bearing or a part, particularly half thereof, is provided. While machining the entire width of an inner surface, both the radial extension and also the advance in the axial direction of at least one tool are changed during machining. A device for machining friction bearings or parts, particularly halves thereof, is also provided. The device has a spindle and at least one cutting tool, the radial extension and advance of which can be changed during machining. In a friction bearing or part, particularly a half thereof, slots or grooves are formed running in the peripheral direction. The depth and width of the grooves are designed to be larger in at least one axial edge area.

A thrust bearing, particularly for a turbocharger, having unique configurations on the thrust pad faces, including free-form curvatures or non-linear configurations defined by a geometric equation. The thrust pad faces can be configured by a programmed linear actuator system and cutting tool.

A thrust bearing, particularly for a turbocharger, having unique configurations on the thrust pad faces, including free-form curvatures or non-linear configurations defined by a geometric equation. The thrust pad faces can be configured by a programmed linear actuator system and cutting tool.

A thrust bearing, particularly for a turbocharger, having unique configurations on the thrust pad faces, including free-form curvatures or non-linear configurations defined by a geometric equation. The thrust pad faces can be configured by a programmed linear actuator system and cutting tool.

A connecting rod includes a hollow body with a ring at each end and a centre, a thickness wall e, the wall defining an outer perimeter pe and an inner perimeter pi, a surface section s being contained between the outer and inner perimeters, wherein the outer perimeter pe increases from the ends of the hollow body to the centre of the connecting rod, the hollow body maintaining a constant surface section s, the thickness e decreasing from the end to the centre of the connecting rod.

A ball bearing not allowing locations where the surface pressure becomes locally higher at a race at the time of a high load and thereby keeping cracking from occurring and in turn realizing a longer lifespan is provided. A pair of races (12, 14) and at least one rolling element (16) movably clamped between the pair of races move are provided. A cross-sectional profile line (14a) of a part of each of the pair of races contacting the rolling element has the smallest radius of curvature at a position (P) sticking out the most in the first direction (D1) over which the pair of races face. The cross-sectional profile line becomes larger in radius of curvature the further from the position (P) in a second direction (D2) vertical to the first direction (D1) in the cross-section. The cross-sectional profile line is comprised of a single function. When a midpoint of the profile line in the second direction is the origin, an axis extending in the second direction is the X-axis and the axis extending in the first direction is the Y-axis, and a radius of the rolling element is (R), the cross-sectional profile line satisfies equation (1):

X.sup.2/{2R(1+0.05)}<Y<X.sup.2/{2R(10.05)}(1)

A manufacturing method for a sliding bearing including halt members, obtained by splitting a cylinder in half in a direction parallel with an axial direction, arranged in an upper and lower direction, may include a first step including forming a narrow groove extending in the circumference direction on an axial direction end of one of the half members on a lower side, on a downstream side in a rotation direction; a second step including performing shot blasting on a surface of the narrow groove; and a third step including forming coating layers on a surface of the half member. The coating layers may be formed only on an upstream-side end and a downstream-side end as parts of the narrow groove.