BENEFITS
CIP Composites are commonly used to replace more traditional bronze, babbitt, nylon and wood bearing materials. Ideally suited for high load, slow speed applications, CIP Composites are designed to operate without external lubrication, and offer smooth, quiet performance. CIP Composites offers higher load capacity and better dimensional stability than many other nonmetallic materials. When high strength, low friction and wear are important, CIP is the clear choice.
Read more about the benefits to replacing bronze bearings with CIP Composites.

Benefit definitions
The following is a list of common benefits to using CIP Composites, along with brief definitions. This list is in alphabetical order, not in order of most importance. Throughout the website we refer to benefits that best fit your industry, however, these benefits are true of all our materials (unless otherwise stated).
Self-Lubricating
CIP Composites are lubricated completely throughout the bearing and have no fiberglass or metallic shell. The ability to make a material that has no abrasive fillers or reinforcements allows CIP to provide a product that will not damage the shaft material, and risk equipment failure due to abrasive contact surfaces.
dimensionally stable
CIP offers materials that are stable in temperatures up to 400° F (204° C).
CIP offers materials that are excellent electrical insulators providing volume resistivity of 4.2 x 10^15 ohm-cm, and dielectric strengths up to 240 volts/mil. They do not conduct heat or electrical current like metallic materials. In many cases this benefit is used to provide not only a bearing surface, but also to prevent galvanic corrosion between dissimilar metals.
high compressive strength
high compressive strength
Self-LubricatinG
CIP Composites are lubricated completely throughout the bearing and have no fiberglass or metallic shell. The ability to make a material that has no abrasive fillers or reinforcements allows CIP to provide a product that will not damage the shaft material, and risk equipment failure due to abrasive contact surfaces.
dimensionally stable
CIP offers materials that are stable in temperatures up to 400° F (204° C).
CIP offers materials that are excellent electrical insulators providing volume resistivity of 4.2 x 10^15 ohm-cm, and dielectric strengths up to 240 volts/mil. They do not conduct heat or electrical current like metallic materials. In many cases this benefit is used to provide not only a bearing surface, but also to prevent galvanic corrosion between dissimilar metals.