AWH POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE

KUTTIKATTOOR, CALICUT-8

SEMINAR REPORT

ON

AIR BEARING

SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF DIPLOMA
IN

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

BY

BASIM ASLAM P
(Reg :2101021111)

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

2023-24
 DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

AWH POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE

KUTTIKATTOOR, CALICUT-8

CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that the Seminar report entitled “AIR BEARING”

submitted herewith is an authentic record of work done by BASIM ASLAM P
(Reg No: 2101021111) under our guidance in partial fulfillment of the
requirement for the award of Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from the
Directorate of Technical Education, Kerala during 2020-2023

Internal Guide Head of Department

Internal Examiner External Examiner

Kuttikattoor
Date:
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I express my heartfelt gratitude to the Almighty God for his blessings in our study and
for the successful completion of this Seminar Report.
I also acknowledge our deep gratitude to our respected Principal Mr. VIVEK P. JOHN,
for rendering necessary facilities for carrying out this Seminar Report in the college.
I would like to express our sincere and heartfelt gratitude to Mr.BINU JOSEPH, Head of
Department Mechanical Engineering, for his valuable guidance and supervision in the
preparation of this Seminar.
I wish to acknowledge our deep and heartfelt thanks to Mr.SUBIN BABU P Lecturer in
Mechanical Engineering department and all other faculties of the mechanical Engineering
Department for their help and guidance in completing this Seminar Report.
I also wish to express our sincere and heartfelt thanks to the laboratory staff of the
mechanical engineering Department for their help and support in the preparation of this
seminar. And finally we express our heartfelt thanks to all those who have given
valuable information for the completion of this seminar Report.
 ABSTRACT

Bearing technology represents one of the age-old problems for mechanical engineers.
Rolling element bearings developed in the last century were a revolutionary improvement
over the plain bearings that had been pushed to their limits in applications like electric
motors and automobile wheels. Similarly, rolling element bearings are today being pushed
to their technical limits by the demands of applications like semiconductor manufacturing,
high resolution scanning, and high-speed machinery. Air bearings represent the next logical
step in bearing design. Air bearings in general have a proven track record having been
employed in coordinate measuring machines for 20 years. The many technical advantages
of air bearings such as near zero friction and wear, high speed and high precision
capabilities, and no oil lubrication requirements are powerful advantages for today's
machine designers. However, these benefits have not been more fully utilized to date
because air bearings are difficult to manufacture and they have not been commercially
available until recently. New Way Precision was founded ten years ago to pioneer the use
of porous media technology and make air bearings that are robust, simple to use,
inexpensive, and available off-the-shelf
 CONTENTS

Chapter No Name Page No

1 INTRODUCTION 1
2 TYPES OF AIR BEARINGS 3
2.1 Aerostatic 3
2.2 Aerodynamic 4
3 USE OF AIR BEARINGS IN ULTRA-PRECISION 6
SPINDLE
3.1 The basic principle 7
3.2 Classification of aerostatic bearing 8
3.3 Material selection 9
3.4 materials of the air bearing spindle 10
4 AIR BEARINGS BASED ON CERAMIC COMPOSITES
12
5 ADVANTAGES OF USING AIR BEARING
15
6 BEARING SYSTEMS COMPARISION TABLE
16
7 APPLICATIONS
18
7.1 Automotive Technology 18
8 CONCLUSION
23
9 REFERENCES
24
 LIST OF FIGURES

Figure No Name Page No

1.1 Cross-Section Through Bearing, Fitted With Orifice 1

1.2 Section Through Orifice Line 3

2.1 Air supply 5

3.1 Air bearing spindle 8

3.2 Plot of Load Capacity with Air Gap 9

3.3 Plot of Stiffness with air gap 10

3.4 Load versus air gap plot for different p0. 11

3.5 Stiffness Versus Air Gap Plot For Different P0 12

3.6 Load plot for different bearing diameter 13

3.7 Stiffness Plot For Different Bearing Diameter 14

3.8 Strategy For Air Bearing Design 15

4.1 Pressure Distribution On The Bearing Surface For Orifices

(A, B) And Porous Bearings (C) 17

Porous air bearings enable the supply of air equally across the whole

4.2 Fibre structure of porous composite sic/sic 18

4.3 Pressure Profile In Gap Of A Planar Thrust Bearing 19

4.4 Measured Load Capacity For Several Air Gaps 20

4.5 Stiffness in relation of bearing gap and several Supply Pressures 21

5.1 High Speed Application Advantage 22

6.1 Bearing Comparison Table 23

7.1 Air Bearing Cutting Engine 24