BEARING ASSEMBLY WITH BYPASS COOLING

摘要

A non-flooded bearing assembly for rotatably supporting a rotating body and selected from tilting pad journal, tilting pad thrust and sleeve bearings, has a body made from Ampcoloy and provided with babbitted bearing and outer surfaces. The bearing assembly has a combination of passages extending between the outer and bearing surfaces for delivering a pressurized liquid lubricant to the bearing surface. A plurality of heat transfer chambers are provided in the body separately from and at a distance from the bearing surface to convey the pressurized liquid lubricant carrying the heat generated by the bearing surface away from the assembly.