In 1st and 2nd reports of the researches on the air-bearing, we discussed the measurement of the coefficient of air-bearing friction by damping method with rotating disc and pendulum method, but the former was not suitable for high speed rotation, and the latter contained some error due to the moment of air supplying rubber tube. In this report, therefore, by making a newly designed tester of balance beam using a zero-setting method, we measured accurately the coefficient of air-bearing friction for the state of high speed rotation as high as 12 500 rpm, and investigated the influences of bearing length and inclined angle of air jetting hole comparing with half air-bearing. The coefficient of air-bearing friction can be made easily to as same as 10
-3 order by adjusting air supplying pressure for the high speed rotation of 12 500 rpm. but then the air pressure is required to be higher. The half bearing issuperior to the full-circle bearing for the stability when changing the bearing load, but it is inferior for the frictional resistance, air supplying pressure and quantity of flow.
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