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 THE COMPANY RWG

• 1943 Foundation of Frankenjura-Industrie

(1993 Cessation of production)
• 1993 Foundation of RWG Frankenjura-
Industrie Flugwerklager GmbH
• 2002 Acquisition of the company by
Kaman Corp. (Bloomfield, CT, USA)
• Core business: Aerospace (96%)
• Company size: 120 employees
• Sales in 2012 (P): 18.5 Mio €

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 LOCATION

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 CAPABILITIES

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 CAPABILITIES

• Research and Development capabilities for the

design of aircraft bearings and full technical
support at customer site

• Manufacturing capabilities for entire product

range at only one location
• Product test facilities in-house and utilization of
test lab of sister company

• Approved and certified Quality Management

system (EN9100 and EASA 21-G)
• Approvals of major aerospace authorities and
OEM
• Product approvals of most common standards

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 CUSTOMERS AND PROGRAMS

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 CUSTOMERS AND PROGRAMS
• Customers (selection)
- Airbus (Germany, UK, France and Spain)
- Eurocopter (Germany, France)
- Liebherr (Germany, France)
- Goodrich (UK, Canada, USA)
- Agusta Westland (Italy, UK)
- MTU (Germany)
- Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (India)

• Programs (selection)
- Airbus: Entire Fleet
- EC135, EC145, EC175
- Comac: ARJ21
- AW139, AW149, AW169
- Sukhoi: Superjet 100
- Gulfstream: G650
- Light Combat Helicopter
- Embraer: ERJ 145/170/190, Phenom 100/300
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 STANDARD PRODUCTS

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 STANDARD PRODUCTS
• Bearings standardized to international
specifications such as EN, SAE AS, ABS

Rolling Element Rod Ends

Bearings - Spherical Bearings
- Rolling Element Bearings

Spherical Bearings Journal Bearings

- Greased
- Self Lubricated

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 SPECIAL PRODUCTS

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 SPECIALS PRODUCTS

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 SPECIALS PRODUCTS
• Bearings developed and designed for a specific application

Split-Ball Spherical
Spherical Bearing for
Bearing for Door
Flap Attachment
Actuator

Ball Bearing for Rod End for Landing

Flap Transmission Gear Actuator

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 TECHNOLOGY

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 TECHNOLOGY
• Self Lubricating Liner System FRASLIP F
- Tight woven Fabric of Multifilament synthetic Fibers, coated (saturated)
with a unique Formula of PTFE, Resin and special Fillers
- Outstanding compatibility with bare Titanium
- Non Swelling
- Low Outgassing, tested per mVCM ECSS Q70-02
- Qualified to SAE AS 81820, EN2755, ABS2045 plus many Customer Approvals

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• Self Lubricating Liner System FRASLIP F contd.
- Low Friction, even at sub-zero Temperatures

Coefficient of Friction vs.Temperature (33MPa)

0,25
Coefficient of Friction

0,2

0,15

0,1

0,05

0
-60 -50 -40 -30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30
Temperature °C

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• Self Lubricating Liner System FRASLIP F contd.
- Low Wear Rate under any Condition (ref. SAE AS 81820)

Dynamic Test at Ambient Temp. (235 Mpa) Dynamic Test at -23°C (190 Mpa)

0,12 0,114 0,25

0,203
0,1 0,2
0,08

Wear [mm]
Wear [mm]

0,15
0,053 0,127
0,06
0,1
0,04

0,02 0,05

0 0
Average Wear Allowable Wear Average Wear Allowable Wear

Dynamic Test at +163°C (235 MPa) Dynamic Test Fluid Contamination (190 Mpa)
0,152 Allowable wear
0,16 0,16
0,14 0,14
0,12 0,12

Wear [mm]
Wear [mm]

0,1 0,1
0,08 0,08
0,058 0,06
0,06
0,04
0,04
0,02
0,02
0
0 Skydrol Jet Fuel Lubricating Hydraulic Oil De-Icing Hydraulic
Average Wear Allowable Wear Oil Fluid Fluid

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 TECHNOLOGY
• Self Lubricating Liner System FRASLIP F contd.
- The only Fabric Liner System that works with bare Titanium as mating Material
- Developed for A380 Door Mechanism
- Considered for A350
- Only Liner System qualified to ABS2045
- No Swelling, low Friction
- Suitable for any Location with non-severe Environmental Conditions

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 TECHNOLOGY
• Self Lubricating Liner System FRASLIP F contd.
- The only Fabric Liner System that works with bare Titanium as mating Material
- Extremely low Wear Rate even at elevated Loads

Wear vs. Cycles (75 MPa, Bare Titanium)

0,17

0,13
Wear [mm]

0,09

0,05

0,01
0 45.000 90.000 135.000 180.000 225.000 270.000
No. of Cycles

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 TECHNOLOGY
• New Helicopter Liner System FRASLIP EF
- First Liner System with engineered mating Surface
- Tight woven Fabric of Multifilament synthetic Fibers with interwoven
PTFE-Fibers, saturated with resin
- Mating Surface superfinished Tungsten Carbide
- Testing iaw AS81819 scheduled for May 2012

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 TECHNOLOGY
• New Self Lubricating Liner System FRASLIP T
- High Temperature Liner Sytem
- Medium Load Rating

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 TECHNOLOGY
• Carbon Based Coating (CBC)
- CBC improves Performance of any Plain Bearing
- Typical Mating Materials are:
- Aluminum Bronze
- Copper Beryllium
- CuNiSn-Bronze (“ToughMet”)
- FRASLIP Liner System

Running CBC against Aluminum Bronze showed outstanding Results, (Steel in

Comparison):
CBC Steel
Coeff. of Friction: 0.085 ~0.20 => -58%
Grease Intervals: 20.000 cycles < 1000 cycles
Lifetime: > 55.000 cycles < 10.000 cycles

“polished” Load Zone

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 TECHNOLOGY
• Cadmium Free Plating “CF-Plating”
- CF-Plating provides excellent Corrosion Protection
- Based on Zinc-Nickel
- In Accordance to Airbus Specification and AMS 2417
- Outstanding Results after 72 Hours Salt Spray Test

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 TECHNOLOGY
• CREN Steel (1.4108; AMS 5898)
- CREN = Corrosion Resistant Nitrogen Steel
- Best Corrosion Resistance of all hardenable Steels
- Usable for Operating Temperatures up to 500°C
- No Corrosion after 72 Hours Salt Spray Test

CREN Steel after Traditional CRES Steel

72 hours salt spray after 72 hours salt spray

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 TECHNOLOGY
• Kaman Film Lubricant KFL (1)
• Description
• KFL is a thin, self-lubricating polymer film coating with PTFE and special fillers
• Can be applied as a thin layer to a substrate without subsequent machining
• KFL provides a a durable, lubricious, low friction surface

• Characteristics
• Thickness: 0,025 to 0,051 mm; typical 0,025 ±0,013 mm
• Temperature range: -54°C to +163°C
• Substrates: Any metallic surface
• Surface speed: 4,5 m/min max.
• Coeff. of friction: 0,04 to 0,12 depending on conditions
• Fluid compatibility: aircraft hydraulic fluids, lubricating oils, jet fuels,
de-icing, fluids, cleaning fluids, and water.

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 TECHNOLOGY
• Kaman Film Lubricant KFL (2)
• Applications:
• Prevention of fretting or rubbing
• Shafts, splines

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 TECHNOLOGY
• Split-Ball Spherical bearings
- Spherical Bearings with Split Ball provide highest Load Rating
- Load can be applied in any Direction (other than Loader Slot Bearings)
- Typically used on Landing Gears, Pylon Attachment, Actuators
- Tailor made Solutions possible due to lot of different Material/Plating combinations

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 TECHNOLOGY
• Integrated Design
- Integrated Design means to incorporate additional Features into a Bearing.
This enables the Customer to simplify his own Design and save Time and Cost.
- Integrated Design can be used in any Location and for any Application, however, it
is essential for RWG to be involved into the Design Phase as early as possible.

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 TECHNOLOGY
• Integrated Design contd.
- Example for Integrated Design (1):
- Combined Needle Bearing, Angular Contact Bearing and Spherical Bearing
- Low Rotational Friction
- High Radial and Axial Load Rating
- Self Aligning up to 15°
- Sealed

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 TECHNOLOGY
• Integrated Design contd.
- Example for Integrated Design (2):
- Combined Ball Bearing and Spherical Bearing with additional Features:
- Flanged Housing
- Self aligning
- Internal Spline in Bore => Coupling
- Lubrication Device and fully sealed

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 TECHNOLOGY
• Limiting Factors High Temperature Bearings
• Temperature Limits:
• Standard Materials: ~ 200°C
• High Temp. Bearing Materials: ~ 500°C
• Other high Temp. Materials: ~ 650°C
• Grease: ~ 230°C
• Self Lubricating Liner: ~ 300°C
• Dry Film Lubricants: ~ 400°C (MoS2 based)
> 1000°C (Graphite based)
• Typical Materials:
• Nickel based Alloys: Inconel 718
• Cobalt based Alloys: Stellite 6
• Iron based Ni/Cr Alloy: A286
• Cr-Mo-V-Steel: BG42
• CREN Steel: 1.4108; AMS 5898

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 TECHNOLOGY
• Technology and Materials Overview
Material Material Material
Product Line Technology Material Body Coatings / Treatments Information
Outer Race Inner Race / Ball Bushing
- 52100 - 52100
- Single / Double Row Ball - 440C - 440C - CBC
Rolling Element
Bearings - Case hardening - Case hardening Steels - Sputtered MoS2
Bearings,
- Self Aligning Ball Bearings Steels - Cronidur30 / N360 - Cadmium
conventional
- Spherical Roller Bearings - Cronidur30 / N360 - Lescalloy BG42 - Zinc-Nickel
- Lescalloy BG42 - Ceramic Balls
- Hard Chrome
- 440C
- Dry Film Lubricants:
- 17-4 PH - Titanium
> sputtered MoS2 Outstanding Performance of
- Swaged Outer Race - 440C - Inconel
Metal to Metal > sprayed MoS2 ("Microseal") CBC running against Bronze
- Loader Slot - A286 - Copper beryllium
Spherical Bearings > WS2 ("Dicronite") Material, see also "Technical
- Split Ball - Aluminum-Bronze - CuNiSn (ToughMet)
- CBC Report CBC"
- Titanium - Lescalloy BG42
- Cadmium
- Stellite
- Zinc-Nickel
- Thin Dense Chrome
- 17-4 PH - 440C RWG's Self Lubrication Liner
- Hard Chrome
Self-Lubricating - Swaged outer race - 15-5 PH - Titanium FRASLIP F is the only Material
- CBC
Spherical Bearings - Split outer race - Aluminum - 13-8 Mo suitable for running against
- Cadmium
- Titanium - Aluminum bare Titanium
- Zinc-Nickel
RWG's Self Lubrication Liner
- CRES - Thin Dense Chrome
Self-lubricated - Flanged FRASLIP F is the only Material
- Aluminum - Cadmium
journal bearings - Cylindric suitable for running against
- Titanium - Zinc-Nickel
bare Titanium

- Case hardening
- Integrated Rolling Element Steels
- Dry Film Lubricants
Bearings - 17-4 PH
- Cadmium Any Technology of all Product
- Installed Spherical - 15-5 PH
Rod Ends - Zinc-Nickel Lines are available with Rod
Bearings - 13-8 Mo
Ends.
- Loader Slot - Titanium
- Split ball - Aluminum
- Inconel

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 APPLICATIONS

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 APPLICATIONS
• Flap Attachment Bearings
- Self Lubricating Spherical Bearings
- Using RWG’s Fabric Liner System FRASLIP F
- High Load, low Speed Applications

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 APPLICATIONS
• Flap / Slat Transmission Bearings
- Self Aligning Ball Bearings with integrated Design
- Applications with rotations up to ~1000 rpm and misalignment at the same time

Flap Transmission

Slat Transmission

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 APPLICATIONS
• Slat Transmission
- Integrated Cross-Flange, splined ID, self aligning
- Corrosion Protection with CF-Plating (Zinc-Nickel)

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 APPLICATIONS
• Flap Transmission Bearings
- Integrated Design with Ball- and Spherical Bearing
- Ball Bearings takes Rotation
- Spherical Bearing takes Misalignment from Wing Flexing

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 APPLICATIONS
• Torque Strut
- Assembly with two Self Lubricating Spherical Bearings

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 APPLICATIONS
• Spoiler Hinge Bearings
- Self Aligning Roller Bearing
- High radial and axial loads

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 APPLICATIONS
• Thrust Reverser Actuator Bearing
- Self-Lubricating Spherical Bearing, sealed
- Forged Housing
- Special Light Weight Ball Design

“Hollow Ball“

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 APPLICATIONS
• Tail Rotor Bell Crank
- Special Design with Mounting Grooves
- Case hardened Race Way
- Direct Replacement for standard self-aligning Ball Bearing but Load
Rating ~500% higher

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 APPLICATIONS
• Main Rotor Blade Attachment
- Self Lubricating Journal Bearing
- Titanium
- Dry Film Lubrication on Outer Diameter

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 APPLICATIONS
• Strut Assembly
- Aluminum Body
- Rod End and Clevis
- Trolley Lift Attachment

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 APPLICATIONS
• Strut Assembly
- Strut with Clevis and Spherical Bearing
- Strut made of anodised Titanium
- Engine Mounting

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 APPLICATIONS
• Flight Control Mechanism
- Self aligning Ball Bearing
- Rod End Body made of Titanium

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 APPLICATIONS
• Main Landing Gear Bearing
- Greased Spherical Bearing
- Outer Race with Flange and Lock Nut
- Ball made of High Strength Bronze (ToughMet)

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 APPLICATIONS
• Nose Landing Gear Main Bearings
- Split-Ball Design
- Outer Race made of Titanium with special Hard Coating on Raceway
- Ball made of High Strength Bronze (ToughMet)

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 APPLICATIONS
• Nose and Main Landing Gear Bearings
- Greased Spherical Bearing
- Flange Electron Beam welded
- Ball made of Copper Beryllium

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 APPLICATIONS
• Journal Bearings for Doors
- Self Lubricating with Liner System FRASLIP F
- Only Fabric Liner that works on bare Titanium!

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 APPLICATIONS
• Race Car Shock Absorber Bearing
- Integrated Design
- Combined Rolling Element and Spherical Bearing
- Sealed
- RWG’s unique Design

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 APPLICATIONS
• Inlet Guide Vanes Lever
- Outer Race: AISI 431
- Inner Ring: AISI 440C
- Lver: Inconel 718
- Dry Film Lubrication on MoS2 Base
- Unique Forming and Installation Technique

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 APPLICATIONS
• Formula One Track Rod Bearing
- Loader slot spherical bearing
- Outer race 17-4 PH with mounting grooves and 45°flange
- Raceway treated with Carbon Based Coating (CBC)
- Ball high strength CuNiSn bronze
- High stiffness
- Dry running possible
- Nine races without measurable wear

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 Bearings for Space Applications

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 Typical Applications

There is a wide range of applications for RWG bearings, such as:

> Helium tank attachments
> Solar panel hinges
> Structural parts for launching vehicles
> Attachment for boosters
> Actuators

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 APPLICATIONS
• Solar Panel Hinge Bearing
- Metal to Metal Loader Slot Design
- Material: CRES 440C
- Lubrication:
Sputtered MoS2 on ball
and outer ring raceway to provide lowest friction in vacuum
- Various versions with inner diameter from 8 mm to 15 mm)

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 APPLICATIONS
• Helium Tank Attachment
- Metal to Metal Loader Slot Design
- Material: CRES 440C
- Lubrication:
High speed sprayed MoS2 (“Microseal”)
on outer ring raceway and bore
- Layout with less than 8 µm radial clearance and ultra smooth
ball surface of Ra<0,05

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 APPLICATIONS
• Antenna Actuation Link
- Link with two Metal to Metal Loader Slot Bearings
- Material: CRES 440C
- Lubrication:
High speed sprayed MoS2 (“Microseal”)
on outer ring raceway
- Layout with less than 5 µm radial clearance

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 APPLICATIONS
• Helium Tank Attachment
- Swaged Metal to Metal Bearing
- Material:
Ball: CRES 440C
Outer Race: 17-4 PH
- Lubrication:
High speed sprayed MoS2 (“Microseal”)
on outer ring raceway
- Layout with less than 8 µm radial clearance

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 APPLICATIONS
• Rod End Support Structure
- Rod End with Self Lubricating Bearing
- Material:
Ball: CRES 440C
Outer Race: 17-4 PH
- Lubrication:
PTFE Liner “FRASLIP F”
- Meets low Outgassing Requirements
(tested per mVCM ECSS Q70-02)

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