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Old 03-09-2015, 02:20 PM   #18
Kohnke Rebabbitting
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Default Re: Babbitt vs Inserts

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Originally Posted by PC/SR View Post
"If babbitt is superior to insert bearings, than we would still have babbitt bearings today."

Inserts are quicker, cheaper and easier to mass produce and replace. Babbitt bearings are still common in industrial applications.
The one thing that is bad with inserts, are, the inserts you used today, may not be made tomorrow, and or in the size you need. It happens all the time.

Herm.
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