Hybrid sleeve bearing is widely used in high speed principal axis system. Numerical
analysis on a spiral oil wedges hybrid sleeve bearing of high speed principal axis is investigated in
this paper. The finite differential equations of Reynolds, film thickness and velocity in an oblique
coordinate system are obtained. By means of the finite differential method, loading capacity,
pressure distribution, and stream of lubricating oil of the hybrid sleeve bearing are computed and
analyzed. The results show that spiral oil wedges can produce the flow separation between hot oil
and cold oil, and avoid the oil heated repeatedly. With the increase of eccentricity and decrease of
spiral angle, the loading capacity of the bearing increases.