Bearing Temperature
The most reliable indicator of bearing condition is the temperature of the metal beneath the shoe.
Custom Bearing Sensor Designs
Thermometrics specializes in making custom sensors to our customers specification.
Bearing Sensor Stock
We stock an inventory of components to manufacture bearing sensors which we can provide same day shipping!
Bearing Sensor Case Style A
Case Style A-Ø=0.275"
L= 0.250"
Bearing Sensor Case Style B
Case Style B-Ø=0.188"
L= 0.250"
Bearing Sensor Case Style C
Case Style C-Ø=0.125"
L= 0.300"
Bearing Sensor Case Style D
Case Style D-Ø=0.080"
L= 0.300"
Bearing RTD 2-wire
2 wire rtd (±0.12% at 0°C)
Bearing RTD 3-wire
3 wire rtd(±0.12% at 0°C)
Bearing RTD 4-wire
4 wire rtd (±0.12% at 0°C)
Bearing Thermocouple Wire
Type- E, J, K, TInsulated sensing junction
Bearing Sensor Wire Seal
Prevents oil from moving up the bearing sensor leads
Oil Resistant Wire
Bearing sensor optional oil resistant wire available
90° Bearing Sensor
This 90° design is intended to relieve stress put on the wires by bending them.
Screw In Free Spin Bearing Sensor
This design screws into a threaded hole and has 360° free spinning leads.
Bearing Sensor Spring and Washer
Optional Bearing Sensor spring and star washer.
Bearing Sensor Installation
Install Case Style A sensor just below the babbitt layer, then puddle the babbitt metal over the sensor tip and smooth.
Bearing Sensor Installation
The Top Hat Spring Style retaining ring allows spring loading with the spring and retaining clip. Slide the spring and ring over the leads, insert the sensor tip into a milled hole, and push down on the retaining ring to compress the spring and secure the sensor.
Bearing Sensor Installation
Bond with epoxy inside bearing shoe. Locate near the babbitt face for most accurate readings.Bearing RTD
Bearing RTDs are designed for areas where there are space limitations. They are small, compact and are often used to detect temperature increases in bearings, thrust bearing plates, shafts and motor windings. They are miniature low mass sensors which are fast responding. Bearing sensors are manufactured using thin film technology and by design are tip sensitive and vibration resistant. They can be spring loaded into a bearing housing or held in position with a high temperature epoxy resin.
Bearing RTD Applications
Bearing RTD Attributes
Bearing RTD Specifics
Bearing Thermocouple
Bearing Thermocouples are designed for areas where there are space limitations. They are small, compact and are often used to detect temperature increases in bearings, thrust bearing plates, shafts and motor windings. They are miniature low mass sensors which are fast responding. Bearing sensors are manufactured using thin film technology and by design are tip sensitive and vibration resistant. They can be spring loaded into a bearing housing or held in position with a high temperature epoxy resin.
Bearing Thermocouple Applications
Bearing Thermocouple Attributes
Bearing Thermocouple Specifics
Bearing Sensor Custom Designs
Thermometrics Corporation is dedicated to the continual improvement and development of our products. Our Engineering team's capabilities, knowledge, experience and on-site process evaluations provide you with support and the best possible temperature measurement results. If you are looking for prototypes that require special machined components, you can count on us to deliver them in a timely manner. Our in-house machine shop - complete with metal cutting, threading, shaping and finishing machinery, and stocked with a variety of raw material - compliments our Engineering, Design, and Production teams to manufacture sensors with special component parts.
Bearing Sensor Order Form
Avoid costly plant shut downs with our express manufacturing service. We stock an inventory of components to manufacture babbit bearing sensors for high and moderate temperature service. Top hat, small profile bearing cap, and double oil seal configurations are routinely assembled with Nickel 120 ohm, Pt. 100 ohm and thermocouples. With over 45 years experience and a manufacturing facility on the West Coast, the days of waiting a week or two for delivery of critically needed embedded sensors are Over!
When protected by compacted mineral insulation and appropriate outer sheath, Type T is usable from 0 to 350°C, (32 to 662°F). Type T is very stable and is used in a wide variety of cryogenic and low temperature applications. For applications below 0°C, (32°F) special selection of alloys are usually required.
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Bearing Temperature
Condition monitoring has proven important in the installation and maintenance of all types of turbo machinery. Bearing temperature is primarily important because bearings are the critical links between the rotating and stationary components in a machine. If temperatures are taken in the correct location, then Babbitt metal temperatures can be the best indicators of a bearing's operating condition.
Causes Of Bearing Failure
Most bearing failures such as flaking and pitting, spalling, unusual wear patterns, rust and corrosion, creeping, skewing and others are usually attributed to a relatively small group of causes that are often interrelated and correctable. These causes include lubrication, mounting, operational stress and bearing selection and environmental influence.
Don't Let This Happen To You
A bearing failure will not only mean a compressor shutdown; it could also result in secondary or peripheral damage to costly internal parts. Early detection of a bearing failure may only result in an outage lasting a few days, but an undetected failure, causing major internal damage, can force an outage for weeks or months.
Power Plant Bearing Reliability
Babbitt bearings, frequently found in large steam turbines and generators in major power plants, can provide years of service if properly maintained. By using state-of-the-art technology and repair practices, aftermarket suppliers who specialize in Babbitt bearings can repair equipment and increase the life of Babbitt bearings..
Thrust Bearings
Thrust bearings offerings include fixed profile designs for lightly-loaded applications and advanced tilting pad solutions for more demanding, high-load, high-speed applications. Combination thrust/journal designs are also available for applications with limited axial space.
Tilting pad thrust bearings are specially engineered for reduced power loss, oil flow and pad temperatures...for the most reliable and efficient machine performance.
Hydrodynamic Fixed or Tilting-Pad Journal Bearings
High-powered industrial machinery utilizes lubricated journal bearings as rotor supports.
These are designed and manufactured in many sizes and styles of hydrodynamic journal bearings. Properly installed and maintained, hydrodynamic journal bearings can operate indefinitely.
Hydrodynamic journal bearings are available in fixed profile styles or tilting pad designs, and operate with flooded lubrication or directed lubrication systems. Hydrodynamic journal technology is utilized in high-speed turbine bearing, generator, pump, compressor and gear drive applications for power generation, oil and gas, and general industry.
Roller Bearings
Messinger precision roller bearings are ideal for applications requiring high axial load-carrying capacity. This bearing style is available in single-acting, double-acting, self-aligning, combination, and cross roller types. They are manufactured in a range of sizes for markets as diverse as aircraft, construction, agriculture, machine tool, and general industry.
Bearing Suppliers and Repair Houses
Click below for a list of bearing suppliers and bearing repair houses.