The slide sleeves and washers are a group of slide bearings enjoying increasing popularity due to their ample range of appliances. These are the bearings, where only one working face ( the one where friction occurs ) belongs to the bearing. These bearings are produced from specific materials, which have the required sliding parameters or their working faces are produced from such materials.

The slide sleeves and washers of the series TUP.. TUF.. TUW..

New materials, from which the friction faces are produced, give invaluable features to these bearings:

• - little movement resistance ( little moments of friction, little friction factors )
  - high resistance to wear
  - ability to transmit defined loads
  - suppression of vibrations
  - simplicity of machine treatment of the sliding faces

Additonally, these slide bearings have other important characteristics:

• - simple construction
  - minimum cross section
  - various shapes and sizes
  - choice of friction faces depending on requirements
  - no-maintenance work
  - low price !