Li-Spherical plain bearings (SBPs) li na le libaka tse peli tse "loketseng" tse chitja, mofuta oa khokahanyo o tsejoang e le khokahano e hokahaneng. Mekhoa ea lipalo bakeng sa thepa ea mochini ea SBP e bohlokoa bakeng sa moralo oa tsona oa sebopeho le tlhahlobo ea moaparo. Ho bala khatello ea ho kopana libakeng tse hokahaneng ke bothata bo rarahaneng. Mofuta o teng oa Hertz, o lekanyelitsoeng ho halofo ea halofo{3}}ea libaka, e ke ke ea sebelisoa ho bala khatello ea likhatello ho likhokahano tse chitja tse hokahaneng. Moetso o kopaneng oa spherical contact, oa Fang model, o sebetsana ka katleho le taba ea ho ajoa ha khatello ea khokahano libakeng tse chitja tse nang le mefokolo e nyane. Moetso ona o sebetsa ho batho ba sa{6}noang le ba hokahaneng. Leha ho le joalo, sebaka sa ho ikopanya sa SBP ha se sphere e phethahetseng, kahoo palo ea khatello ea ho kopana ha eona e hloka palo e eketsehileng e thehiloeng ho mokhoa o phethahetseng oa khokahanyo oa spherical. Ho feta moo, litlamorao tsa moeli oa mahala li ka etsahala nakong ea ts'ebetso ea li-SBP, tse amang ts'ebeliso ea tsona. Phello ena ea mahala ea moeli e fella ka khatello e tsitsitseng ea ho kopana le sekhahla se seholo sa khatello moeling oa lesale la ka ntle la SBP.