Details of Pot Bearing

Pot bearings are one of CLIMA’s featuring products. Through decades of research and development, this product has been continually improved and adapted to always encompass the most recent technological developments. CLIMA developed the patented POM sealing chain for the pot bearing rubber pad. This sealing is recognised by experts world-wide as the most effective solution for this function.

Pot bearings are designed to carry combinations of vertical loads, horizontal loads, longitudinal and transversal movements, and rotations.
This type of bearing can carry very high loads of over 50,000 kN.

A completely encased natural rubber pad is positioned in a steel pot. Under high pressure the pad behaves like a liquid. The elasticity of the rubber allows tilting movement (rotation) of the piston in the horizontal axis.

Depending on whether the bearing is fixed, guided sliding or a free sliding, CLIMA pot bearings accommodate vertical loads and corresponding horizontal forces, as well as movements in longitudinal or transversal directions.

CLIMA pot bearings are designed and manufactured in accordance with  the requirements of a wide range of international standards. Every single component is mechanically worked and assembled by fully qualified and trained workers at the CLIMA factory  under strict ISO 9001:2000 accredited quality control standards.

In order to define the correct bearing, our engineers take into account the designed load effects, rotations, displacements and type of fixings.