TYPES OF BEARINGS

TYPES OF BEARINGS

There are many types of bearings, each used for different purposes. These include ball bearings, roller bearings, ball thrust bearings, roller thrust bearings and tapered roller thrust bearings.

sea also BASICS OF BEARING & PRINCIPAL OF BEARINGS


Bearings are broadly classified by their shape, size & application of use ,some of them are

• Single Row Deep Groove Ball Bearings
• Double Row Deep Groove Ball Bearings
• Magneto Type Ball Bearing
• Angular Contact Ball Bearing
• Double Row Angular Contact Ball Bearings
• Double Row self Aligning Ball Bearings
• Cylindrical Roller Bearings
• Self Aligning Spherical Roller Bearings
• Taper Roller Bearing
• Needle Roller Bearing
• Thrust Ball Bearing
• Spherical Roller Thrust Bearings
• Power Transmission Unit
• Shafer Bearings for Fertilizers and Chemical Units
• Single Row Radial Wide Bearing

  The name as given  is easily understand by the shape of  the bearing.

Ball Bearings

Ball bearings, as shown below, are probably the most common type of bearing. They are found in everything from inline skates to hard drives. These bearings can handle both radial and thrust loads, and are usually found in applications where the load is relatively small.
In a ball bearing, the load is transmitted from the outer race to the ball, and from the ball to the inner race. Since the ball is a sphere, it only contacts the inner and outer race at a very small point, which helps it spin very smoothly. But it also means that there is not very much contact area holding that load, so if the bearing is overloaded, the balls can deform or squish, ruining the bearing.

Roller Bearings

Roller bearings like the one illustrated below are used in applications like conveyer belt rollers, where they must hold heavy radial loads. In these bearings, the roller is a cylinder, so the contact between the inner and outer race is not a point but a line. This spreads the load out over a larger area, allowing the bearing to handle much greater loads than a ball bearing. However, this type of bearing is not designed to handle much thrust loading.
A variation of this type of bearing, called a needle bearing, uses cylinders with a very small diameter. This allows the bearing to fit into tight places.

Ball Thrust Bearing

Ball thrust bearings like the one shown below are mostly used for low-speed applications and cannot handle much radial load. Barstools and Lazy Susan turntables use this type of bearing.

Ball thrust bearing

Photo courtesy The Timken Company

Roller Thrust Bearing

Roller thrust bearings like the one illustrated below can support large thrust loads. They are often found in gear sets like car transmissions between gears, and between the housing and the rotating shafts. The helical gears used in most transmissions have angled teeth -- this causes a thrust load that must be supported by a bearing.

Roller thrust bearing

Photo courtesy The Timken Company

Tapered Roller Bearings

Tapered roller bearings can support large radial and large thrust loads.

Tapered roller bearings are used in car hubs, where they are usually mounted in pairs facing opposite directions so that they can handle thrust in both directions