For many high speed applications, John Crane multilobe (MGF) bearings provide the most cost-effective solution to the problem of oil film instability. Of all slide bearing types, however, tilting pad journal bearings offer the optimum in rotor stability due to their exceptional stiffness and damping characteristics. For this reason, tilting pad journal bearings are ideal for use in high speed machinery operating under low to medium loads, eg, turbines, turbocompressors, pumps and high-speed gear boxes.