03 · Applications
Propulsion and shafting
Rolling bearings and housings on shaft lines, thruster drives and propulsion gearboxes — with a clear line around white-metal bearings.
Lineshafts sometimes use split spherical roller bearings so a bearing can be changed without drawing the shaft out of the ship. Intermediate shafts also sit in plummer blocks. Thruster drives and reduction gears use the rolling-bearing types named on those family pages.
A hydrodynamic propeller thrust bearing, white-metal stern tube or tilting-pad block is a different product. This catalogue does not list those as Schaeffler rolling bearings and does not imply a quantity held for sale. If that is the part you need, say so in the inquiry and FEX will treat it as a separate availability request.
Schaeffler publication WL 21 508 EA describes large spherical roller bearings chosen because a pipe-lay reel had to accept hull motion and shaft deflection. Read it as a manufacturer example of bearing selection, not as an FEX reference.
What to include
- Shaft diameter at the seat, and the bearing designation if any.
- Whether the construction is split, and how it is mounted now.
- Misalignment, hull deflection or shock the arrangement must accept.
- If the part is white metal or a tilting pad, write that in the first line.
Products
- Spherical roller bearings
Self-aligning roller bearings for shafts that deflect or sit out of line.
- Split spherical roller bearings
A split ring construction for machines where the shaft should stay in place.
- Cylindrical roller bearings
High radial capacity, with separable rings that simplify some gearbox and motor assemblies.
- Tapered roller bearings
Combined radial and axial load. Mounting is adjusted, so the end-play belongs in the inquiry.
- Thrust roller bearings
Spherical roller thrust and cylindrical roller thrust bearings for predominantly axial load.
- Spherical plain bearings
Sliding bearings for oscillation and misalignment, not rolling bearings.
- Housings and plummer blocks
The housing that locates a bearing: split plummer blocks and flanged housings.
- Arcanol greases
Schaeffler’s Arcanol rolling-bearing greases. Selection stays in the official brochure.
- Mounting and heating tools
Mechanical, hydraulic and thermal tools named in Schaeffler Lifetime Solutions.
- Alignment tools
Alignment tools are a named group in Schaeffler Lifetime Solutions. Models are not invented here.
- Manufacturer services
Monitoring, mounting, training and remanufacturing as published by Schaeffler — requested, not promised as FEX work.