Talk:Fluid bearing

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Should Foil bearing be merged with this page?? Pud, 8 June 04, 12:18 PST

This issue was previously discussed on the Foil bearing discussion Talk:Foil bearing. I don't favor a merger, but if a merger were done there should be clear redirects and other ways to identify the distinctive foil bearings through the search engine here. Sometimes things get submerged into subcategories of subcategories, and as a result it's very hard to find and even harder to provide a clear link to a relevant subcategory for readers.--Mack2 17:18, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

I believe that it should not be merged, both because of afforementioned issue with subcategories, and because I believe that foil bearings are different from fluid bearings. Even though foil bearings also use a fluid to support the weight, they are different in that they use thier own rotational speed to generate the pressure, rather than having the pressure supplied externally.

I am in favor of more seperate and smaller pages rather than huge pages.141.157.83.53 03:57, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Foil bearings are a type of air bearing, and air bearings are a type of fluid bearing. I second all the above from fluid bearings, seperate pages within a bearings, or more likely fluid bearings category would be best to increase ability to access and retrieve. This appears to have become a dead area discussion wise, but I am interested in helping to complete this it, although new to editing. Wease459 17:29, 6 December 2006 (UTC)