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We analyzed a lubricated journal plain bearing supporting heavy loaded rotary mill. During start-up operating, after the shaft is lifted by high external pressure lubricant, the speed of the shaft grows from 0 to the operating hydrodynamic speed when, suddenly after the first thirty seconds of shaft rotation, the pressure drops in one recess causing excessive damage to the pad bearing interface. The aim was to understand and provide some answers to the pressure drop in order to give an appropriate correction. Misalignment between the shaft and bearing surfaces was considered and analyzed in first part of the study. According to the obtained results the proposed correction is to use a suitable constant flow lubrication system which avoids the pressure to drop in recesses. A real application was made on a partial pad bearing supporting a heavy rotary cement mill localized at the cement plant of Chlef in Algeria.
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Mawhoub Soubih is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Chlef University in Algeria. His work is carried out in the tribological domain in lubricated journal bearings at the Mechanical and Energy Laboratory of Chlef University.
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Soubih, M., Abbes, M.T., Ketrouci, L. et al. Correction of pressure drop in a heavily loaded hybrid bearing when starting by using a constant flow lubrication system- Application to a rotary cement mill. J Mech Sci Technol 33, 801–807 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-019-0135-2
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