babbitted

Updated: May 28, 2025

On turbines running at 1800 revolutions per minute or under, a split babbitted bearing is used, as shown in Figs. 42a and 42b. These bearings are self-alining and have the same liner adjustment as the concentric-sleeve bearings just described.

Hubert E. (Hubert Edwin) Collins - Steam Turbines: A Book of Instruction for the Adjustment and Operation of: the Principal Types of this Class of Prime Movers