SPHERICAL BEARINGS

ERGOFLON SPHERE TYPE

SPHERICAL BEARINGS ERGOFLON SPHERE TYPE

Bearings are devices able to allow rotations and to transmit expected actions and displacements
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KEY TO LABEL
ESF : Bearing ERGOFLON SPHERE Fixed
ESL: Bearing ERGOFLON SPHERE
Unidirectional Longitudinal
EST: Bearing ERGOFLON SPHERE
Unidirectional Transversal
ESM: Bearing ERGOFLON SPHERE
Multidirectional
ESF 1000-200 : Bearing ERGOFLON SPHERE
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Or ESF 1000-200-150 : Bearing ERGOFLON

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load with transversal movement 40 mm with
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PRODUCTS

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The bearing ERGOFLON SPHERE GUIDED TYPE (EDL-EDT)

is made of:

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The bearing ERGOFLON SPHERE FREE TYPE (EDM) is made of:

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ELEMENTS AND MATERIALS OF THE BEARING

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IDENTIFICATION LABEL

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INSTALLATION
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PLACEMENT OF THE BEARING

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INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE

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PRINCIPAL INSPECTION

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