摘要 |
A bearing device for use in a pump which has a bearing member comprising a hard and brittle material made of ceramics such as silicon carbide (SiC). The bearing device comprises a bearing housing, a ceramic bearing member housed in the bearing housing and supporting a shaft, an elastic material around the ceramic bearing member for preventing the ceramic bearing member from being broken, and a thrust collar for preventing fragments of the ceramic bearing member from being scattered when the ceramic bearing member is broken.
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