GUDGEON PIN BEARING LUBRICATION

Compression & power stroke heavy

heavy
downward load
Exhaust stroke Low downward load
Suction stroke - Load reversal
Lubrication hydrostatic and hydrodynamic- at
Heavy loading
Oil flow and cooling at low loads and load
reversal
CONCLUSION :sufficient time for efficient
lubrication & cooling

X-HEAD BEARING LUBRICATION

Heavy load for most part of cycle

Low load during scavenging no load reversal
Sh period
Short
i d for
f L.O.
L O supply
l & cooling
li
Lubrication regime combination of elastohydrodynamic ,hydrostatic & hydrodynamic
Slow speed
p
, small oscillations p
poor
hydrodynamic effect

X-HEAD BEARING DESIGN CHANGES

NO
1
2

DESIGNCHANGES
DESIGN
CHANGES
FlatPalmtopend

Reduced Pin length 1. Reducedbending

ReducedPinlength
Reduced bending
2. Bettersupport

HollowPin

IncreasedPindia

Extremelyfine&
hardPinsurface

ADVANTAGE
BetterXhead pinsupport

Greaterstiffness resistanceto
bending
1.
2
2.
1.
2.

MoreLoadbearingarea
Better hydrodynamiclubrication
hydrodynamic lubrication
Reducedmetaltometalcontact
Betterwearresistance

BearingmetalLow 1. Better lubrication

friction&high
2. Increasedbearinglife
fatiguestrength