BEARING ELEMENT FOR A ROLLING OR PLAIN BEARING

摘要

A bearing element (1) for a plain or rolling bearing (2), the bearing element (1) being made at least in part of a powder-metallurgical composite material, containing a steel-based metallic phase and a hard material phase, or comprising at least in part such a composite material, wherein the steel contains 0.2 – 0.6 wt.% carbon, 0.1 – 0.3 wt.% nitrogen, 0.5 – 2 wt.% molybdenum and 13 – 15 wt.% chromium.