Guiding Values of Basic Bearing Life Lh [hours]

Type of machine

L h [hours]

Instruments and tools seldom used

1000

Electrical household machines, small fans

2000 - 4000

Machines for intermittent operation, hand tools, workshop cranes,agricultural machines

4000 - 8000

Machines for intermittent operation with demands for high reliability: auxiliary machines in power stations, belt conveyors, transport trucks, elevators

8000 - 15000

Rolling mills

6000 - 12000

Machines designed for 8 to 16 hours operation: stationary electric motors, gear drives, spindles of textile machines, machines for processing plastics, cranes

15000 - 30000

Cutting machines generally

20000 - 30000

Machines for permanent operation: stationary electric machines, transport equipment, roller beds, pumps, centrifuges, blowers, compressors, hammer mills, breakers, briquetting presses, mining elevators, rope disks

40000 - 60000

Machines for permanent operation with high operating safety: paper machines, power stations, water works, ship machines

100000 - 200000