New Way® Concave Porous Media™ Radial Air Bearings are designed to maximize open-ID aperture rotary motion. These made-to-order components enable you to engineer a supporting structure outside the rotating body using a radius cut along the width (W) of the bearing. As with all New Way non-contacting air bearings, radial designs offer the benefits of no friction, no noise, no wear, excellent velocity control and high speed. Ideal for high-performance rotary motion operations, New Way Radial Air Bearings offer precision performance in inspection, imaging, wind power, turbomachinery, wafer inspection machinery, powder processing and applications requiring very large rotary bearings.
Size (Diameter) | Part # (select for load/lift curve & drawings) | Ideal Load at 5μm Fly Height | Stiffness N/micron (lbs/μin) @ 0.41 MPa (60psi) | Flow NLPM (SCFH) @ 0.41 MPa (60psi) | Ball Socket Size | Bearing Height mm (in) | Bearing Weight grams (pounds) |
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150 x 300 mm150 x 300 mm | S32150W***S32150W*** | 2,350 lb10,453 N | 9.39 lb/μin1645 N/μm | 5.19 NLPM5.19 NLPM | 25 mm25 mm | 3.94 in100 mm | 26.06 lb11,822 g |
125 x 250 mm125 x 250 mm | S32125W***S32125W*** | 1500 lb6672 N | 5.76 lb/μin1009 N/μm | 4.96 NLPM4.96 NLPM | 25 mm25 mm | 2.95 in75 mm | 15.29 lb6937 g |
100 x 200 mm100 x 200 mm | S32100W***S32100W*** | 900 lb4003 N | 3.80 lb/μin665 N/μm | 4.25 NLPM4.25 NLPM | 25 mm25 mm | 2.76 in70 mm | 7.99 lb3628 g |
75 x 150 mm75 x 150 mm | S3275W***S3275W*** | 420 lb1868 N | 1.43 lb/μin250 N/μm | 19.0 - 22.0 SCFH8.96 - 10.38 NLPM | 25 mm25 mm | 1.97 in50 mm | 3.02 lb1372 g |
50 x 100 mm50 x 100 mm | S3250W***S3250W*** | 180 lb801 N | 0.63 lb/μin110 N/μm | 4.72 NLPM4.72 NLPM | 13 mm13 mm | 0.98 in25 mm | 0.65 lb295 g |
40 x 80 mm40 x 80 mm | S3240W***S3240W*** | 100 lb445 N | 0.33 lb/μin58 N/μm | 4.25 NLPM4.25 NLPM | 13 mm13 mm | 0.79 in20 mm | 0.31 lb145 g |
25 x 50 mm25 x 50 mm | S3225W***S3225W*** | 35 lb156 N | 0.13 lb/μin22 N/μm | 2.36 NLPM2.36 NLPM | 6 mm6 mm | 0.67 in17 mm | 0.11 lb48 g |
20 x 40 mm20 x 40 mm | S3220W***S3220W*** | 20 lb89 N | 0.08 lb/μin14 N/μm | 1.89 NLPM1.89 NLPM | 6 mm6 mm | 0.51 in13 mm | 0.05 lb24 g |
15 x 30 mm15 x 30 mm | S3215W***S3215W*** | 10 lb44 N | 0.04 lb/μin7 N/μm | 1.18 NLPM1.18 NLPM | 6 mm6 mm | 0.39 in10 mm | 0.02 lb8 g |
12 x 24 mm12 x 24 mm | S3212W***S3212W*** | 5 lb22 N | 0.03 lb/μin5 N/μm | 0.40 NLPM0.40 NLPM | 6 mm6 mm | 0.24 in6 mm | 0.01 lb6 g |