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does this thing use Ceramic or 'normal' balls?
Friends have model (toy except for the price) Gas Turbines (jet engines) these typically use the compressor blades from commercial Turbo unitsand Ball bearings on the mainshaft. The regular Ball bearings have a 10 to 30 hour life, and curently Ceramic balls are the 'hot' item as these can almost double the bearing life span. Undoubtedly the total lack of cooling and the even higher temps play a role... but bearing life continues to be a problem.. especially so given the cost of suitable bearing assemblies.
Hopefully these sorts of concerns are not part of your ball raced unit.
posted by 209.52.7...
Posts in this Thread:
- pics of ball bearing turbo, dave n, Thu, 27 Jun 2002 17:33:06
- looks good!, Kevin K
, Fri, 28 Jun 2002 17:55:47 - Re: Mitsu TE05?, Cliff, Fri, 28 Jun 2002 10:31:17
- Very personal pictures......., SteveW, Thu, 27 Jun 2002 22:55:48
- Pretty...., Andrew
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