• At LCM, we manufacture a range of advanced composites materials. These are fibre reinforced, plastic laminates which are ideally suited to highly loaded bearing applications in a variety of environments.
• All LCM grades are laminates composed of synthetic fabrics which are impregnated by thermosetting resins and solid lubricant fillers.
  
• The material is available in tube and sheet form as well as in fully finished components such as structural bearings, washers, wear rings, sphericals, wear pads, wear strips, rollers, and bushes. We can also manufacture custom components.
  

High Strength - Low Friction - Water Lubrication - Maintenance Free

• Industrial laminate¡Dlow friction¡Bwear resistant
  
• Grease, Oil, Water or Dry lubrication available
  
• Very helpful in low maintenance cost
  
• Marine bearing and bushing
  
• Lloyd's Register, Germanischer Lloyd, ABS, DNV and many other approvals are available
  
• Spherical plain bearing
  
• Compatible with foodstuffs
  
• Knuckle bearings
  

• Advantages over Phosphor Bronze
  • LCM composite bearings offer engineers a real cost effective alternative to phosphor bronze and older traditional materials sometimes used in its place.
    
  • LCM materials have the ability to take high loads without compressing out, and are self lubricating so if servicing is neglected our materials will continue to perform. The self lubricating properties permit further value engineering by allowing the removal of greasing systems.
    
  • Our products can also operate in dry, gritty environments, hence preventing the formation of grease/grit lapping past which can abrade shafts to destruction.
    
• Advantages over Nylon
  • Nylon materials are sold under various trade names, but nylons are limited to relatively lightly loaded situations.
    
  • LCM materials exhibit a far higher load capacity than nylons and are dimensionally stable in fluids. Absorption is less than 0.1%, compared to nylon at up to 9%. This low level of absorption means that there is negligible swelling and degradation of properties. It also means you can run with tighter running clearances which increases the available bearing area and excludes to a greater extent, the ingress of foreign particles (which in the case of nylon get embedded in and proceed to abrade the shaft).
    
  • LCM properties will remain stable no matter where in the world they are used, whereas those of nylon can be affected by the glass transition temperature.
    
• Advantages over Phenolic Asbestos
  • For many years, phenolic asbestos laminates were the best materials available to engineers as a replacement for phosphor bronze. LCM materials have around 35% more compressive strength and are non-toxic, containing no asbestos.
    
  • Phenolic Asbestos absorbs around 2% fluids, so LCM has similar advantages over this as it does for nylon.
    
  • In addition, we are able to impregnate with solid lubricants, such as graphite, PTFE or MoS2 which is there for the life of the component unlike oil impregnation.
• Advantages over Hardened Steel
  • Our enhanced load grade material, L18, has been designed to exceed the limits of bronze and go into the load areas of hardened steel, with the benefits of savings on shaft materials and grease, and reduced service costs.

• A real high load self lubricating replacement for Phosphor Bronze and hardened steel.
  
• Low weight/high strength ratio
  
• Lubrication may be whatever is convenient, e.g. water, oil, grease, hydraulic fluid, acids etc...
  
• Suitable for low-speed rotating application
  
• Dry coefficients of 0.08 or lower and ultra low coeff. Of 0.009 are possible
  
• Dimensionally stable in fluids - Absorption in negligible
  
• High temperature up to 200
  
• Good insulation, damping, radiation resistance