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Contents
Journal Bearing Guide
Kingsbury Journal Bearing Styles ...............................................................3

Lubrication Fundamentals ..........................................................................4

Tilting Pad Bearing Overview......................................................................6 PJ

Tilting Pad Flooded Bearing ...................................................................8

LEG® Tilting Pad Directed Lube Bearing ....................................................9

BPG® Tilting Pad Directed Lube Bearing .................................................10

Tilting Pad Bearing Metric Dimensions, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6 L/D ......................12

Tilting Pad Bearing Metric Dimensions, 0.7, 0.9, 1.0 L/D ......................14

Tilting Pad Bearing Inch Standard Dimensions, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6 L/D. ........16

Tilting Pad Bearing Inch Standard Dimensions, 0.7, 0.9, 1.0 L/D. ........18

Additional Features....................................................................................20

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 Kingsbury Journal Bearing Styles

PJ Tilting Pad Flooded Bearing LEG® Tilting Pad Directed Lube Bearing

Features & Benefits: Features & Benefits:

• End shields with or without floating rings ensure that • Kingsbury’s patented LEG® journal bearings have
the inside of the bearing is flooded with oil. directed lubrication using grooves incorporated
• The oil flow rate can be regulated by orifices in the at the leading edge of the pads.
annulus machined into the outside of the aligning ring • In LEG® bearings, the fresh oil goes straight into the
or in the discharge through sealing gaps and outlet lubrication gap. As a result, the oil requirement is
holes. reduced to almost the hydrodynamic oil flow.
• The flooded type of lubrication has advantages in the • LEG® bearings are usually designed with a pad pivot
event of an unexpected interruption in the oil supply offset 60% of its effective length, enhancing the load
or vibration problems that could arise due oil starva- capacity at higher operating speeds. This bearing is
tion seen with other lubrication types. meant for unidirectional shaft rotation.
Maximum Load: 4 MPa (570 psi) • LEG® bearings can substantially reduce the oil flow
Maximum Speed: 70 m/sec (13,790 ft/min) rate, power losses, operating temperatures, all the
Applications: Medium-speed steam and gas turbines, while increasing the load capacity.
gear-boxes, compressors, pumps and pulp refiners. Maximum Load: 4 MPa (570 psi)
Maximum Speed: 110 m/sec (21,670 ft/min)
Applications: High-speed steam and gas turbines, gear-
boxes, compressors, pumps and pulp refiners.

BPG® Tilting Pad Directed Lube Bearing • BPG® journal bearings have directed lubrication, using
feed bars placed between the pads to introduce cool
oil from the groove directly into the load-carrying film.
• The proprietary shape of the oil feed bar allows
reductions of the oil flow rate and enhances the
cooling effect in the leading-edge area of the pad.
• The lower oil flow rate in the BPG® bearing results in
significantly reduced power losses.
• The BPG® provides very good static as well as dynamic
properties in turbomachinery applications.
• The BPG® design has a positive influence on the tem-
perature profile in the laminar-turbulence transition
regime.
• Unlike the LEG® bearing, the BPG® is designed for
bi-directional shaft rotation.
Maximum Load: 4 MPa (570 psi)
Maximum Speed: 120 m/sec (23,640 ft/min)
Applications: High-speed steam and gas turbines,
gearboxes, compressors, pumps and pulp refiners.

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 Bearing Lubrication
Hydrodynamic Bearings
Hydrodynamic bearings rely on the shaft speed and a lubricant to create a
converging lubrication gap and thus the pressure required to transfer the
externally applied load on a self-renewing lubricating film, which is usu-
Lubrication ally oil, water, or air, and from there to the foundation or machine sup-
Fundamentals port. They are commonly used in diverse applications with a wide range
of speeds and loads, where great emphasis is placed on load capacity,
stability, service life and low noise.
Hydrodynamic Principle
Based on his theoretical investigation of cylindrical journal bearings, Pro-
fessor Osborne Reynolds showed that oil, because of its adhesion to the
journal (the part of the shaft that is in contact with the lubricant and en-
closed by the bearing) and its resistance to flow (viscosity), is dragged by
the rotation of the journal so as to form a wedge-shaped film between the
journal and journal bearing (Fig. 4). This action sets up the pressure in the
oil film which thereby supports the load (Fig. 5). This wedge-shaped film
was shown by Reynolds to be the absolutely essential feature of effective
journal lubrication. Reynolds also showed that “if an extensive flat surface
is rubbed over a slightly inclined surface, oil being present, there would be
a pressure distribution with a maximum somewhere beyond the center in
the direction of motion.”
Tilting Pad (Pivoted Shoe)
Applied to hydrodynamic tilting pad thrust bearings (Fig. 6) Albert Kings-
bury stated: “If a block were supported from below on a pivot, at about the
Fig. 4: Hydrodynamic Principle
theoretical center of pressure, the oil pressures would automatically take
the theoretical form, with a resulting small bearing friction and absence of
wear of the metal parts. In this way a thrust bearing could be made with
several such blocks set around in a circle and with proper arrangements for
lubrication.” The same concept applies to the tilting pad journal bearing. As
with the plain cylindrical bearing, the tilting pad thrust and journal bearings
rely on adhesion of the lubricant to provide the film with a self-renewing
supply of oil.
Lubricant
The lubricant is an important “element” of the bearing. The loads are trans-
mitted from the shaft to the bearing through the lubricant which separates
the parts and prevents metal-to-metal contact. The lubricant also serves to
carry heat caused by friction out of the bearing.

Fig. 5: A figure from Reynold’s paper

“On the Theory of Lubrication” showing
oil film pressure distribution

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Lubrication
For hydrodynamic bearings to operate safely, a suitable lubricant must
always be present at the collar and journal surfaces. The lubricant needs
to be cooled to remove the heat generated from oil shear, before re-
entering the bearing. It must also be warm enough to flow freely and
filtered so that the average particle size is less than the minimum film
thickness.
Various methods are applied to provide lubricant to bearing surfaces. The
bearing cavities can be flooded with oil such as vertical bearings which sit
in an oil bath. The bearings can also be provided with pressurized oil from
an external lubricating system.
For high speed bearings, the frictional losses from oil shear and other par-
asitic losses begin to increase exponentially as the surface speed enters a Fig. 6: Illustration from a page of Albert
turbulent regime. The amount of lubricant required increases proportion- Kingsbury’s paper “Development of the
ately. Industry trends for faster, larger machines necessitated the design Kingsbury Thrust Bearing”
of lower loss bearings. This has been incorporated by the introduction of
other methods of lubrication.
Directed lubrication directs a spray of oil from a hole or nozzle directly onto
the collar and respectively journal surface between the pads. Rather than
flooding the bearings, sufficient oil is applied to the moving surface allow-
ing the bearing to run evacuated. Such a method of lubrication reduces
parasitic churning losses around the collar and between the pads.
In 1984, Kingsbury introduced its Leading Edge Groove (LEG®) Bearings, an-
other technology developed for high tech machines. The LEG design intro-
duces cool oil directly into the oil film, resulting in a significant reduction
in oil flow, power loss and bearing temperature while improving the load
capacity, safety and reliability of the equipment. Fig. 8-1: Pivoting Shoe Hydrodynamic
Film Formation
Cooling
A cooling system is required to remove the heat generated by friction in the
oil. The housing may simply be air cooled if heat is low. Vertical bearings
typically sit in an oil bath with cooling coils, but the oil can also be cooled by
an external cooling system as typical in horizontal applications. The heat is
removed by a suitable heat exchanger.

Albert Kingsbury’s Invention

Albert Kingsbury became intrigued with lubrication science as a student at Cornell University. After graduation in
1889, he went on to teach mechanical engineering and soon joined Westinghouse as a young engineer.
Holtwood Station on the Susquehanna River was a sophisticated hydroelectric plant with ten 10,000-kilowatt
turbine generators accepting about 45 tons of force from the water passing through. Conventional roller bear-
ings were failing every two months under the heavy loads. The utility turned to Kingsbury for a solution just as
he was finishing testing and patent application for a pivoted-shoe bearing that rested on a thin film of oil.
Kingsbury installed his new fluid film bearing in the No. 5 turbine unit as a test and although it had not yet been
proven in a generator, it faltered just once. With a single modification, the bearing performed flawlessly. The
rest, as they say, is history.

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 Kingsbury’s Tilting Pad Journal Bearings

As rotating machinery has evolved, many types of bearings have come

and gone. Today, rotational speeds and power density levels continue
General to increase, along with the complexity of the machinery. The
Description rotordynamic characteristics of such machines depend heavily on the
journal bearings. A fixed profile journal bearing, inherently unstable at
light loads, can ex- perience self-excited subsynchronous vibration
during operation, a phe- nomenon known as oil whirl. While some bore
profile modifications have been successful at raising the stability
threshold, a fixed profile bearing is susceptible to damage from
misalignment, imbalance, or wear. The in- herent design characteristics
of a tilting pad journal bearing, on the other hand, are best suited to
eliminate oil film instabilities from wherever they are stimulated from,
and depending on the type of pivot support, a shaft misalignment can
be compensated to a certain extent.
All tilting pad journal bearings of from Kingsbury’s standard platform
share the same housing fit dimensions and have common design features
such as the pad retaining system and the pad pivot style. They consist of
four or five pads and are available for a large variety of width/bore ratios
(L/D) such as 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.9 and 1.0. Depending on the requirements
of the respective equipment job, LEG® and BPG® bearings can be
supplied
with or without end plates. If there are no concerns about oil discharge,
we offer the solution without endplates, which minimizes the axial length
of the assembly. If there is a need to protect sensitive items such as dry
gas seals, we can readily bolt on one of two standardized endplate designs
(with or without a floating seal ring) to the journal bearing. In any case, all
three bearing types are designed for envelope dimensions that are used
around the world for a wide range of applications such as steam and gas
turbines, gearboxes, gas expanders and compressors, and pumps.
For optimized rotordynamic behavior, our direct lubricated LEG® and
BPG® bearings aim for a standard preload factor between 0.3 and 0.35.
The versatile designs also boast several options, among them alternative
pad pivot designs configurations depending on the application demands,
e.g. center vs. offset pivot, line vs. point contact (double radius) or ball and
socket design, and enhancements such as anti-SSV (Sub Synchronous Vi-
bration) grooves. Line contact supports offer the benefit of high stiffness,
while point contact supports (also known as double radius supports) can
compensate for shaft misalignment (bending or foundation deflections).
Both options are available for center and offset pivot positions. Com-
pared to point contact (double radius), ball and socket contact provides
significantly higher stiffness, but can lead to instability at high speeds due
to coupled dynamic coefficients.

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Our tilting pad journal bearings are lined with centrif-
PJ FLOODED TILTING PAD JOURNAL BEARINGS
ugally cast high-tin babbitt such as ECKA© Tegostar™,
or equivalent, and ASTM B23 Gr 2. Upon request, we
can offer alternative linings like PEEK and bronze. The
pads and aligning ring materials are typically made of
mild steel. If pad operating temperatures are
elevated, CrCu material can be used as the base
material to improve heat transfer. The back of each
journal pad is contoured circumferentially to mate
with a radial contour in the aligning ring, creating a
contact area that allows each pad to adjust to the hy-
drodynamic forces generated by the rotating shaft.
Our bearing designs are continually validated by in-
house tests at Kingsbury’s Research & Development
LEG® TILTING PAD DIRECTED LUBE JOURNAL BEARINGS
Lab up to a sliding speed of 110 m/s and are used by
customers in commercial operation even at higher
speeds. The maximum permissible speed is heavi-
ly dependent on the load and the bore diameter of
the journal bearing. The smaller the bearing size, the
lower the “speed x specific load” value. For general
orientation, Kingsbury recommends following max-
imum permissible sliding speeds and specific loads:

• 70 m/s for flooded bearings

• 110 m/s for LEG® bearings
• 120 m/s for BPG® bearings
• 4 MPa for all three types of bearings

In some cases, the maximum loads and speeds can BPG® TILTING PAD DIRECTED LUBE JOURNAL BEARINGS

differ from these limits, depending on other operat-

ing factors. Allow us to run our proprietary journal
bearing performance program to confirm the final
selection. Oil film thickness, surface temperature,
power loss, and oil flow will be compared against our
standards for acceptance.

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 PJ Flooded Tilting Pad Journal Bearings

Tilting pad journal bearings with flooded lubrication are ideally suited for a
wide variety of applications with moderate speeds, usually up to 70 m/s.
Product
Laterally attached end shields or floating rings ensure that the inside of
Description the bearing is flooded with oil due to the resulting minimum inside pres-
sure. The required oil flow can be regulated in the supply through orifices
in the annulus machined into the outside of the aligning ring or in the dis-
charge through sealing gaps and outlet holes. The rotating shaft carries
the oil surrounding the pads across the sliding surface of each pad, form-
ing a wedge-shaped film that has tremendous load carrying capability.

The flooded type of lubrication has advantages in the event of an unex-

pected interruption in the oil supply or vibration problems that could
arise due to oil starvation seen with other lubrication types. However,
there can also be disadvantages, especially at higher speeds than recom-
mended above, due to very high bearing temperatures and power losses
caused by the poor mixing factor between freshly supplied oil and the cir-
culating hot oil film. It is under these operating conditions where a direct-
lubricated design such as LEG® or BPG® would provide more benefit.

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 LEG® Tilting Pad Directed Lube Journal Bearings

Kingsbury’s patented LEG® journal bearings offer directed lubrication

through Leading Edge Grooves incorporated at the beginning of the
Product pads. These are connected by oil feed tubes to the annulus machined
Description into the outside of the aligning ring where oil distribution occurs.
LEG® bearings are ideally suited for a wide range of applications with
moderate to high speeds up to 110 m/s. They have the most effective
direct lubrication method as the fresh oil goes straight into the lubrica-
tion gap, as shown in the following graphs. As a result, the oil require-
ment is reduced to almost the hydrodynamic oil flow, and the mixing
factor between freshly supplied oil and the circulating hot oil film is
close to 90%, the highest compared to all other types of lubrication.

Applications have proven that advanced LEG® bearings can substantial-

ly reduce oil consumption, power loss and bearing temperatures and
thus significantly increase load capacity. LEG® bearings are usually

designed with a pad pivot offset of 60% of its

effective length and can only be operated in one direction of rotation
when fully loaded. Up to a certain load value, they can also be operat-
ed in the opposite direction. However, these limits must be calculated
and approved by Kingsbury. When using end plates, the bearing should
have a bottom drain so that the cavity remains evacuated, which is
essential to achieving the bearing’s advantages.

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 BPG® Tilting Pad Directed Lube Journal Bearings

The patented BPG® stands for “Between Pad Groove” and is ideally suit-
ed for a wide range of applications with moderate to high speeds up to
Product 120 m/s.
Description
BPG® Tilting pad journal bearings have a directed lubrication type using
Kingsbury’s distinctive oil feed bar placed between the pads.

Like our LEG® (Leading Edge Groove) bearings, the BPG® is designed to
introduce cool oil from the groove directly into the load-carrying
lubricat- ing film. Due to the proprietary shape of the oil feed bar, an
efficient oil supply in terms of oil consumption and cooling effect in the
leading-edge area of the pad will be achieved. The BPG® provides very
good static as well as dynamic properties in turbomachinery
applications. According to our own test bench investigations, the BPG®
also has a positive influence on the temperature profile in the laminar-
turbulence transition regime.
Compared to a flooded bearing, the BPG® consumes significantly less
oil resulting in a sharp drop in power losses also due to the
elimination of parasitic losses. Furthermore, there is a corresponding
reduction in operating temperatures, varying by 8° to 28° C,
contingent on the load and shaft speed. When using end plates, these
should have a bottom drain so that the cavity remains evacuated,
which is essential to achieving the mentioned advantages.

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 Oil Path And Lubrication Activity

PJ Flooded Tilting Pad LEG® Tilting Pad Directed BPG® Tilting Pad Directed
Journal Bearings Lube Journal Bearings Lube Journal Bearings
A. Oil Inlet A. Oil Inlet A. Oil Inlet
• Pressurized oil is delivered to the • Pressurized oil is delivered to oil feed • Pressurized oil is delivered to the
open area in between tilting pads tubes which provide a direct path to oil feed bar located in between each
• Oil begins to fill the area in between the leading edge of the tilting pad tilting pad
tilting pads • Fresh oil supply is transferred • Oil flow rate can be controlled by
• Churning of oil occurs in this area directly to the leading-edge groove hole sizes internal to the oil feed
through the oil feed tube bar chamber
and oil temperature begins to rise
before it enters the oil wedge B. Beginning of Oil Film (Oil Wedge) • The groove area of the oil feed bar
fills with cool oil
B. Beginning of Oil Film (Oil Wedge) • Cool oil fills the groove area on the
leading edge of tilting pad B. Beginning of Oil Film (Oil Wedge)
• Oil is pulled into the gap between
the tilting pad and the shaft (oil • Oil is pulled into the gap between • Oil is pulled into the gap between the
wedge) due to the adhesion of oil the tilting pad and the shaft (oil tilting pad and the shaft (oil wedge)
wedge) due to the adhesion of oil due to the adhesion of oil to the
to the rotating shaft
rotating shaft
• Oil temperature is higher than the to the rotating shaft
• Oil temperature is higher than
temperature when delivered to the • Oil has the lowest temperature
area marked “A” due to the mixing (almost equal to the oil supply with LEG® and is much lower as
that occurs in this region temperature) compared to other compared to Flooded lubrication
C. Side Discharge lubrication types
C. Side Discharge
• Some discharge oil begins to exit C. Side Discharge
• Some discharge oil begins to exit
• Some discharge oil begins to exit the tilting pad in the axial direction
the tilting pad in the axial direction,
the tilting pad in the axial direction
toward the oil seal of the journal • BPG® design can operate without
bearing • LEG® design can operate without oil oil seals on either end of the bearing,
seals on either end of the bearing,
D. Trailing Edge resulting in lower power loss and
resulting in lower power loss and evacuation of hot discharge oil
• Oil film temperatures higher, as evacuation of hot discharge oil
compared to BPG® and LEG® D. Trailing Edge
D. Trailing Edge • Oil film temperature is lower, as
• Hot discharge oil exits the trailing
edge of pad and mixes with fresh • Oil film temperature is lower than compared to Flooded bearings
oil supplied to area “A” of the next Flooded and BPG® bearings • Discharge oil exits the trailing edge
pad in the direction of rotation • Discharge oil at the trailing edge of of pad and mixes with the fresh
pad partially escapes between pads cool oil delivered to area “B” of the
and the residual oil adhering to the next pad in the direction of rotation
shaft mixes with the fresh cool oil BPG®design, with its axially sealed oil
delivered to area “B” of the next pad feed bar positioned closer to the pads,
in the direction of rotation offers significantly less oil consumption
LEG, with its oil feed groove embedded in
® and lower temperatures compared to
the pad, offers the potential for the lowest the spray nozzle type.
possible oil flow consumption.
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 Tilting Pad Bearing Dimensions

0.4, 0.5, 0.6 L/D

Bearings – MM
PJ Flooded Bearing Dimensions

LEG® Directed Lube Bearing Dimensions

BPG® Directed Lube Bearing Dimensions

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 0.4, 0.5, 0.6 L/D Tables – Metric

Metric Sizes (mm) L/D=0.4 L/D=0.5 L/D=0.6

Seat Seat
Bearing Aligning Annulus Pad Seat Overall Pad Width Overall Pad Width Overall
Diameter Ring OD Width Width Width Width Width Width Width Width
incl. endplates incl. endplates incl. endplates

D C M L F E L F E L F E

45 130 10 18 33 39 23 34 44 27 38 48
50 130 10 20 33 41 25 36 46 30 41 51
55 130 20 22 33 43 28 39 49 33 44 54

60 130 20 24 35 45 30 41 51 36 47 57

65 160 25 26 37 47 33 44 54 39 50 60

70 160 30 28 39 49 35 46 56 42 53 63

75 160 30 30 41 51 38 49 59 45 56 66

80 160 30 32 43 53 40 51 61 48 59 69

85 160 30 34 45 55 43 54 64 51 62 72

90 160 30 36 47 45 56 66 54 65 75
157
95 200 30 38 49 48 59 73 57 68 82
63
100 200 32 40 51 50 61 75 60 71 85
65
110 200 34 44 55 55 66 80 66 77 91
69
115 230 34 46 57 58 69 84 69 80 95
72
120 230 34 48 59 60 71 86 72 83 98
74
125 230 34 50 62 63 75 89 75 87
76 101
140 280 35 56 68 70 82 96 84 96
82 110
150 280 35 60 72 75 87 101 90 102
86 116
160 280 35 64 76 80 92 106 96 108
90 122
180 315 42 72 84 90 102 116 108 120
98 134
200 350 42 80 92 100 112 138 120 132
118 158
225 425 45 90 102 113 125 151 135 147
128 173
250 475 50 100 112 125 137 163 150 162
138 188
280 500 60 112 124 140 52 178 168 180
150 206
300 515 65 120 133 150 163 189 180 193
159 219
315 540 65 126 139 158 171 197 189 202
165 228
335 580 70 134 147 168 181 207 201 214
173 240
355 620 70 142 155 178 191 219 213 226
183 254

The dimensions K, A, G, H and J are standardized and can be made available on request.

Our tables only provide dimensions for bearings up to a shaft diameter of 355 mm. We regularly manufacture bearings for shafts above
600 mm and can currently provide bearings for shafts up to 850 mm. Please consult our sales staff for any shaft sizes not found in our tables.

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 Tilting Pad Bearing Dimensions

0.7, 0.9, 1.0 L/D

Bearings – MM
PJ Flooded Bearing Dimensions

LEG® Directed Lube Bearing Dimensions

BPG® Directed Lube Bearing Dimensions

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 0.7, 0.9, 1.0 L/D Tables – Metric

Metric Sizes (mm) L/D=0.7 L/D=0.9 L/D=1.0

Seat Seat
Bearing Aligning Annulus Pad Seat Overall Pad Width Overall Pad Width Overall
Diameter Ring OD Width Width Width Width Width Width Width Width
incl. endplates incl. endplates incl. endplates

D C M L F E L F E L F E

45 130 10 32 43 53 41 52 62 45 56 66
50 130 10 35 46 56 45 56 66 50 61 71
55 130 20 39 50 60 50 61 71 55 66 76

60 130 20 42 53 63 54 65 75 60 71 81

65 160 25 46 57 67 59 70 80 65 76 86

70 160 30 49 60 70 63 74 84 70 81 91

75 160 30 53 64 74 68 79 89 75 86 96

80 160 30 56 67 77 72 83 93 80 91
101
85 160 30 60 71 81 77 88 98 85 96
106
90 160 30 63 74 84 81 92 102 90 101
111
95 200 30 67 78 92 86 97 111 95 106
120
100 200 32 70 81 95 90 101 115 100 111
125
110 200 34 77 88 99 110 124 110 121
102 135
115 230 34 81 92 104 115 130 115 126
107 141
120 230 34 84 95 108 119 134 120 131
110 146
125 230 34 88 100 113 125 139 125 137
114 151
140 280 35 98 110 126 138 152 140 152
124 166
150 280 35 105 117 135 147 161 150 162
131 176
160 280 35 112 124 144 156 170 160 172
138 186
180 315 42 126 138 162 174 188 180 192
152 206
200 350 42 140 152 180 192 218 200 212
178 238
225 425 45 158 170 203 215 241 225 237
196 263
250 475 50 175 187 225 237 263 250 262
213 288
280 500 60 196 108 252 164 290 280 192
234 318
300 515 65 210 223 270 283 309 300 313
249 339
315 540 65 221 234 284 297 323 315 328
260 354
335 580 70 235 248 302 315 341 335 348
274 374
355 620 70 249 262 320 333 361 355 368
290 396

The dimensions K, A, G, H and J are standardized and can be made available on request.

Our tables only provide dimensions for bearings up to a shaft diameter of 355 mm. We regularly manufacture bearings for shafts above
600 mm and can currently provide bearings for shafts up to 850 mm. Please consult our sales staff for any shaft sizes not found in our tables.

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 Tilting Pad Bearing Dimensions

0.4, 0.5, 0.6 L/D

Bearings – Inches
PJ Flooded Bearing Dimensions

LEG® Directed Lube Bearing Dimensions

BPG® Directed Lube Bearing Dimensions

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 0.4, 0.5, 0.6 L/D Tables – Inches

Inch Standard Sizes (in) L/D=0.4 L/D=0.5 L/D=0.6

Seat Seat
Bearing Aligning Annulus Pad Seat Overall Pad Width Overall Pad Width Overall
Diameter Ring OD Width Width Width Width Width Width Width Width
incl. endplates incl. endplates incl. endplates

D C M L F E L F E L F E

1.75 5.25 0.38 0.75 1.25 1.62 0.88 1.38 1.75 1.00 1.50 1.88
2.00 5.25 0.38 0.75 1.25 1.62 1.00 1.50 1.87 1.25 1.75 2.12
2.12 5.25 0.75 0.88 1.25 1.75 1.06 1.50 2.00 1.25 1.62 2.12
2.38 5.25 0.75 1.00 1.38 1.88 1.19 1.62 2.12 1.50 1.88 2.38
2.50 6.50 1.00 1.00 1.50 1.88 1.25 1.75 2.13 1.50 2.00 2.38
2.75 6.50 1.12 1.12 1.50 2.00 1.38 1.75 2.25 1.62 2.00 2.50

3.00 6.50 1.12 1.25 1.62 2.12 1.50 1.88 2.38 1.75 2.12 2.62

3.12 6.50 1.12 1.25 1.62 2.12 1.50 2.00 2.50 1.88 2.25 2.75
3.38 6.50 1.12 1.38 1.75 2.25 1.62 2.12 2.62 2.00 2.38 2.88
3.50 6.50 1.12 1.38 1.88 2.25 1.75 2.25 2.62 2.12 2.62 3.00
3.75 8.00 1.12 1.50 2.00 2.50 1.88 2.38 2.88 2.25 2.75 3.25
4.00 8.00 1.25 1.62 2.00 2.62 2.00 2.38 3.00 2.50 2.88 3.50
4.38 8.00 1.38 1.75 2.25 2.75 2.12 2.62 3.12 2.62 3.12 3.62
4.50 9.00 1.38 1.75 2.25 2.75 2.25 2.75 3.25 2.75 3.25 3.75
4.75 9.00 1.38 2.00 2.38 3.00 2.38 2.75 3.37 3.00 3.38 4.00
5.00 9.00 1.38 2.00 2.50 3.00 2.50 3.00 3.50 3.00 3.50 4.00
5.50 11.00 1.38 2.25 2.62 3.25 2.75 3.12 3.75 3.25 3.62 4.25
6.00 11.00 1.38 2.50 2.88 3.50 3.00 3.38 4.00 3.50 3.88 4.50
6.50 11.00 1.38 2.50 3.00 3.50 3.25 3.75 4.25 4.00 4.50 5.00
7.00 12.50 1.62 2.75 3.25 3.75 3.50 4.00 4.50 4.25 4.75 5.25
8.00 13.75 1.62 3.25 3.62 4.75 4.00 4.38 5.51 5.00 5.38 6.50
9.00 16.75 1.75 3.50 4.00 5.00 4.50 5.00 6.00 5.50 6.00 7.00
10.00 18.75 2.00 4.00 4.50 5.50 5.00 5.50 6.50 6.00 6.50 7.50
11.00 19.75 2.38 4.50 4.88 6.00 5.50 5.88 7.00 6.50 6.88 8.00
12.00 20.25 2.50 4.75 5.25 6.25 6.00 6.50 7.50 7.25 7.75 8.75
12.50 21.25 2.50 5.00 5.50 6.50 6.25 6.75 7.75 7.50 8.00 9.00
13.00 23.00 2.75 5.25 5.75 6.75 6.50 7.00 8.00 7.75 8.25 9.25
14.00 24.50 2.75 5.50 6.12 7.00 7.00 7.62 8.50 8.50 9.12
10.00

The dimensions K, A, G, H and J are standardized and can be made available on request.

Our tables only provide dimensions for bearings up to a shaft diameter of 14”. We regularly manufacture bearings for shafts above 23” and can
currently provide bearings for shafts up to 34”. Please consult our sales staff for any shaft sizes not found in our tables.

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 Tilting Pad Bearing Dimensions

0.7, 0.9, 1.0 L/D

Bearings – Inches
PJ Flooded Bearing Dimensions

LEG® Directed Lube Bearing Dimensions

BPG® Directed Lube Bearing Dimensions

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 0.7, 0.9, 1.0 L/D Tables – Inches

Inch Standard Sizes (in) L/D=0.7 L/D=0.9 L/D=1.0

Seat Seat
Bearing Aligning Annulus Pad Seat Overall Pad Width Overall Pad Width Overall
Diameter Ring OD Width Width Width Width Width Width Width Width
incl. endplates incl. endplates incl. endplates

D C M L F E L F E L F E

1.75 5.25 0.38 1.25 1.75 2.12 1.50 2.00 2.38 1.75 2.25 2.62
2.00 5.25 0.38 1.50 2.00 2.38 1.75 2.25 2.62 2.00 2.50 2.88
2.12 5.25 0.75 1.50 1.88 2.38 2.00 2.38 2.88 2.12 2.50 3.00
2.38 5.25 0.75 1.62 2.12 2.62 2.12 2.62 3.12 2.38 2.88 3.38

2.50 6.50 1.00 1.75 2.25 2.62 2.25 2.75 3.12 2.50 3.00 3.38
2.75 6.50 1.12 2.00 2.38 2.88 2.50 2.88 3.38 2.75 3.12 3.62

3.00 6.50 1.12 2.00 2.38 2.88 2.75 3.12 3.62 3.00 3.38 3.88
3.12 6.50 1.12 2.12 2.62 3.12 2.88 3.38 3.88 3.12 3.62 4.12
3.38 6.50 1.12 2.38 2.88 3.38 3.00 3.50 4.00 3.38 3.88 4.38
3.50 6.50 1.12 2.50 3.00 3.38 3.12 3.62 4.00 3.50 4.00 4.38
3.75 8.00 1.12 2.62 3.12 3.62 3.38 3.88 4.38 3.75 4.25 4.75
4.00 8.00 1.25 2.75 3.12 3.75 3.50 3.88 4.50 4.00 4.38 5.00
4.38 8.00 1.38 3.00 3.50 4.00 4.00 4.50 5.00 4.38 4.88 5.38
4.50 9.00 1.38 3.12 3.62 4.12 4.00 4.50 5.00 4.50 5.00 5.50
4.75 9.00 1.38 3.25 3.62 4.25 4.25 4.62 5.25 4.75 5.12 5.75
5.00 9.00 1.38 3.50 4.00 4.50 4.50 5.00 5.50 5.00 5.50 6.00
5.50 11.00 1.38 3.88 4.25 4.88 5.00 5.38 6.00 5.50 5.88 6.50
6.00 11.00 1.38 4.25 4.62 5.25 5.50 5.88 6.50 6.00 6.38 7.00
6.50 11.00 1.38 4.50 5.00 5.50 5.75 6.25 6.75 6.50 7.00 7.50
7.00 12.50 1.62 5.00 5.50 6.00 6.25 6.75 7.25 7.00 7.50 8.00
8.00 13.75 1.62 5.50 5.88 7.00 7.25 7.62 8.75 8.00 8.38 9.51
9.00 16.75 1.75 6.25 6.75 7.75 8.12 8.62 9.62 9.00 9.50
10.00 18.75 2.00 7.00 7.50 8.50 9.00 9.50 10.50 10.00 10.50 10.50

11.00 19.75 2.38 7.75 8.12 9.25 10.00 10.38 11.50 11.00 11.38 11.50

12.00 20.25 2.50 8.50 9.00 10.00 10.75 11.25 12.25 12.00 12.50 12.50
12.50 21.25 2.50 8.75 9.25 10.25 11.25 11.75 12.75 12.50 13.00 13.50
13.00 23.00 2.75 9.00 9.50 10.50 11.75 12.25 13.25 13.00 13.50 14.00
14.00 24.50 2.75 9.75 10.38 11.25 12.50 13.12 14.00 14.00 14.62 14.50
15.50
The dimensions K, A, G, H and J are standardized and can be made available on request.

Our tables only provide dimensions for bearings up to a shaft diameter of 14”. We regularly manufacture bearings for shafts above 23” and can
currently provide bearings for shafts up to 34”. Please consult our sales staff for any shaft sizes not found in our tables.

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 PJ, LEG® and BPG® Journal Bearings

PJA Tdildt-iPtiaodnal
FloFoeadteudres
Bearings Temperature Probes The tilting pads are usually equipped
with thermocouples or resis- tance temperature detectors (RTDs)
during operation to monitor the bearing temperature. For a more
accurate measurement of the rel- evant bearing temperature,
Kingsbury strongly recommends placing the detector at the 75/50
location, in close proximity to the white metal. Our standard
temperature probe holes are 3.6 mm in diame- ter that can be
changed according to customer requirements.

Option A
High Pressure Lift (Jacking Oil) If needed, the bearing pads can be
designed for a hydrostatic pres- sure lift by incorporating precisely
calculated pockets that are also suitable for the hydrodynamic
operation. These are mainly required at high initial loads and very low
speeds to build up a minimum film thickness between shaft and
bearing, preventing possible wear on the sliding surface and avoiding
Option B
a negative impact on bearing per- formance. Kingsbury offers two
basic design options for this, a direct connection to the aligning ring
(option A) or using a separate adapter unit (option B). In both cases, a
check valve is located inside the pad. Our engineers will supply full
details on the required inlet pressure and oil flow rate to achieve the
desired lift.

Floating Seals Floating rings are usually used as sealing elements in

tilting pad bear- ings with flooded lubrication to adjust the oil drain
and thus the oil requirement of the bearing. In rare cases, they will
only be used on one side of a tilting pad bearing with directed
lubrication to divert the oil drain. At speeds above 70 m/s, this can
lead to an increase in bearing temperature and power loss as well as
to instabilities.

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 PJ, LEG® and BPG® Journal Bearings

Alternative Bearing Materials Alternative Bearing Support

Adjusting plate
with shim set

Example of a BPG® bearing with CrCu as pad base Kingsbury also offers bearings with adjusting plates
material. on the outside diameter that can help align the
shaft in the machine.

SSV Grooves Under certain operating

conditions, sub-syn- chronous vibration can
occur unexpected- ly and give rise to rotor
stability concerns. Kingsbury has a patented
method of ad- dressing this issue, consisting
of lateral grooves machined into the
babbitted sur- face that redirect side-leakage
oil flow to the trailing edge of the pad to form
a thick- er film that diminishes or totally
eliminates sub-synchronous vibration.

Detail of pad with SSV grooves.

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Catalog TPJ-1
10/2021