Bushings & Plain Bearings - Types of Bushings | AST …
Bushings, also known as "Plain Bearings" or "Sleeve Bearings," are designed for use in numerous applications and offer features and benefits unavailable with many rolling-element bearings. Bushings (plain bearings) are distinguished from rolling-element bearings primarily by the fact that they consist of only one part. That one part may be built up of different materials, layered and ...