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K3Steel-on-steelSphericalBushings SBThesebushingshaveanouterringsplitintohalves.Thesplitouterringandtheinnerringareheldtogeth-erbyasnapringplacedinthegroovearoundtheouterperipheryoftheouterring.Steel-on-steelSphericalBushingsSB…AThesebushingshaveanouterringsplitonlyatoneposition,andtherefore,theouterandinnerringswillnotseparate.Handlingbeforemountingandmount-ingtothehousingaresimple.Theboundarydimen-sionsarethesameasthoseoftheSBtype.Therefore,SBandSB … Atypesaredimensionallyinterchange-able,buttheradialinternalclearancesoftheSB … AtypearesmallerthanthoseoftheSBtype.Steel-on-steelSphericalBushings GE…E,GE…ESThedimensionseriesofthesetypesconformtoISOstandardsandtheycanbeusedinternationally.Theouterringissplitatoneposition.TheGE … EandGE … EStypesareavailable.Theseareclassifiedbybushingsize.TheGE … EStypecanbeprovidedwithseals,whicharedouble-liptypepolyurethanesealseffectiveforpreventionagainstgreaseleakageanddustpenetra-tion.Thesealedtypeisindicatedbythesuffix"-2RS"attheendoftheidentificationnumber.Steel-on-steelSphericalBushings GE…G,GE…GSAscomparedwiththeGE … EandGE … EStypes,thesebushingshavelargerloadcapacitiesandlargerpermissibletiltingangles.ThedimensionseriesalsoconformtoISOstandards,andtheycanbeusedinternationally.Theouterringissplitatoneposition.TheGE … GandGE … GStypesareavailable.Theyareclassifiedbybushingsize.TheGE … GStypecanbeprovidedwithseals,whicharedouble-liptypepolyurethanesealseffectiveforpreventionagainstgreaseleakageanddustpenetra-tion.Thesealedtypeisindicatedbythesuffix"-2RS"attheendoftheidentificationnumber.Steel-on-steelSphericalBushings SBBTheseareinchseriesbushings.Theouterringissplitatoneposition.Thesebushingscanbeprovidedwithseals,whicharedouble-liptypepolyurethanesealseffectiveforpre-ventionagainstgreaseleakageanddustpenetration.Thesealedtypeisindicatedbythesuffix"-2RS"attheendoftheidentificationnumber.Maintenance-freeSphericalBushings GE…ECThesebushingshavethesameboundarydimensionsastheGE … EStypeandcanbeusedinternationally.AspecialPTFElinerreinforcedwithcopperalloymeshesisusedontheslidingsurface.Therefore,creepdeformationduetocompressiveloadsissmall,andwearresistanceissuperior.Thesebushingsareusedasmaintenance-freebushings.Thesebushingscanbeprovidedwithsyntheticresinsealswhichareeffectiveinpreventingdustpenetra-tion.Theyareindicatedbythesuffix"-2RS"attheendoftheidentificationnumber.SphericalBushingswithsuperiorrustpreventionproperties,whichcanbeusedinacorrosiveenviron-mentorinanenvironmentwherewatersplashes,arealsoavailableonrequest.PleaseconsultIKO.■IdentificationnumberTheidentificationnumberofSphericalBushingscon-sistsofamodelcode,asizeandanysupplementalcodes.Examplesareshownbelow.