Bearings

Group Members:

Rolling Contact Bearings
Function:
Carrying a load
Reducing Friction
Positioning moving machine parts

Load:
Force or weight placed on bearing

Type of load:
Axial or radial load

Types of Rolling Bearings
Ball Bearings

Roller Bearings
Ball Bearing
Incorporates hardened steel
balls.

Steel balls geometrically
contact inner and outer race at
a point.

Shield

Seal

Retainer
Ball Bearing:
Cage/Retainer
seals
Inner race
Outer race
Types of Ball Bearings
Shallow groove ball bearing

Deep groove ball bearing

Spherical race ball bearing

Angular contact ball bearing

Ball Thrust ball bearing

Shallow Groove Ball Bearing
The inside surfaces of both inner
and outer ring are shallow

Designed for Primarily Radial
loads
Deep Groove ball bearing
Similar to shallow groove Ball
bearings but inside and outside
surfaces are deep

Designed for moderately heavy
radial loads

Can also handle small amount of
axial loads
Spherical Race Ball Bearings
It has deep groove in its inner ring
but surface of its outer ring is like
a part of sphere

Designed for radial loads but it
can carry some axial load

Also called self aligning ball
bearings (used to adjust some
misalignments)
Angular Contact Ball bearings
It has high shoulder on one side of
outer ring

Design allows to handle both the
axial and radial loads

They can support axial load in
either directions
Ball thrust Bearing
The inner and outer rings are
parallel to each other

Used in applications with
significant thrust load

Rolling Bearings
Roller Bearings

Hardened steel cylindrical rollers

Line contact deforms into areas larger then ball bearings

Capable of carrying higher radial loads

Types of Roller Bearings
Needle Bearings
They support greater deal of radial load

As the number of rollers goes up the greater
the contact area

The greater the contact area the greater the
load

They are often mounted without inner ring
on a shaft where space is limited.
Tapered Roller Bearing

The roller are smaller at one end then other

They support both axial and radial loads

Support high thrust loads (wheel bearing)

Supports radial load (car weight) while
supporting thrust loads (cornering)

Wheel rotates with little resistance/friction
Roller Thrust Bearings
Used in applications with significant
heavy axial thrust load

Can also support shafts that are out
of alignment.

Thrust bearings are used in higher
speed applications that require oil
lubrication, such as in the automotive
and aerospace industries
Bearings applications
Ball bearings are found in everything from inline
skates to hard drives.



Roller Bearings are used in applications like Conveyer
Belt Rollers.



Bars Tools and Turntables use ball thrust bearings.



Roller Thrust Bearings are used to support thrust loads
in car transmission between gears and the rotating
shafts, etc.

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.

Bearing Maintenance
Preventive Maintenance
Operate under design conditions
Provide clean environment
Maintain optimum temperature
Check performance with specific intervals
Do proper lubrication
Incase of improper functioning due to some
reasons, stepwise maintenance of bearings is given
below




Steps for bearing maintenance to retain proper
functioning
Step 1 Bearing Maintenance
Protect your work area such as a desk with paper towels or newspaper.
Be sure that the environment in which you are performing this work is well
ventilated and uncarpeted.
Remove your bearings from your wheels, if they are not removed already.

Step 2
Set out your two metal containers and fill them with just
enough of your Citrus Based Cleaner to fully submerge one
bearing. One container will be for cleaning and one will be for
rinsing.


Step 3
Remove ONE shield from your bearing using the small point of
a utility knife. This will allow the chemicals to enter the bearing
more freely when the bearing is submerged.




Step 4
Submerge your bearing in the cleaning container for 15 - 20
seconds to allow the solvent to soak into the bearing.




Step 5
After submerging the bearing, remove it from the cleaning
solution and begin to scrub off any dirt or grease with a
toothbrush.

Step 6
When finished scrubbing the bearing, rinse it in FRESH
cleaning solution until there is no dirt or old lubricant in the
bearings. Then set this bearing aside.



Step 7
Once you have cleaned all of your bearings, use a can of
compressed air to blow any of the cleaning solution out of the
bearings

Step 8
Carefully blot your bearing with a lint-free cloth to remove any
excess cleaning solution.


Step 9
After you have thoroughly dried your bearing, you can
now re-lubricate the bearing. To do this, simply coat all
inside parts with the lubricant and spin the bearing in order
to disperse the lubricant fully.

Step 10
Carefully wipe the bearing with a lint-free cloth that is slightly
oily. After this you can replace the protective shield by simply
pressing it into place.