cats ‘What's be Difference Between Bearinge?| What's the Difference Balween..content fem Machine Design What's the Difference Between Bearings? Carlos Gonzalez | Machine Design Aug 26,2015 SHARE] Tweet COMMENTS 4 Download this article in .PDF format This file type includes high resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. Bearings are used to help reduce friction. Metal-upon-metal contact produces large amounts of friction. The friction adds to wear and tear of the metal, producing grinding that slowly degrades the metal. Bearings reduce friction by having the two surfaces roll over each other, reducing the amount of friction produced. They consist of a smooth metal ball or roller that rolls against a smooth inner and outer metal surface. The rollers or balls take the load, allowing the device to spin. RELATED Spinning Ahead on a Lubrication-Free Ball Bearing Bearing killers: Preventing the top causes of bearing damage Simulation Table's Bearings Support High Loads The load acted upon a bearing is either a radial or thrust load. Depending on the location of the bearing in the mechanism, it can see all of a radial or thrust load or a combination of both. For example, the bearing in the wheel of your car supports a radial and a thrust load. The weight of the car on the bearing produces a radial load while the thrust load is produced as the car turns a corner. Here we will examine some types of common bearings. Ball Bearings Ball bearings are most common type of bearing and can handle both radial and thrust loads. Ball bearings are also known as deep-groove single-row or Conrad bearings. The inner ring is typically fastened to the rotating shaft and the groove on the outer diameter provides a circular ball raceway. The outer ring is mounted onto the bearing housing. The ball bearings are housed in a race and when the load is applied, it is transmitted from the outer race to the ball and from the ball to the inner race. The raceway grooves have typical curvature radii of 51.5% to 53% of the ball diameter. Smaller curvature raceways can cause high rolling friction due to the tight conformity of the balls and raceways. Higher curvature raceways can shorten fatigue life from increased stress in the smaller ball-race contract area. hiepsimachinedesign.comiwhats-iference-petwesnlwhats-aiference-between-bearings-1 oy‘What's be Difference Between Bearinge?| What's the Difference Balween..content fem Machine Design BALL BEARING cats Shoulders Inner ring Bore corner Outside diameter Sepatater Inner ring ball race Outer ring ball race ical shape of the 1. Ball bearings, also known as Conrad bearings, are typically used in small load applications. ‘The contact points between the ball and the outer race is very small due to the sph bearing. This also helps the ball spin very smoothly. Since the contact point is so small, the bearing can become overloaded at a specific point causing the ball bearing to become deformed. This will ruin the bearing, Ball bearings are typically used in applications where the load is relatively small. hiepsimachinedesign.comiwhats-iference-petwesnlwhats-aiference-between-bearings-1cats ‘What's be Difference Between Bearinge?| What's the Difference Balween..content fem Machine Design AVERAGE RELATIVE RATINGS ere Seon ie irre te 5 Conrad Type Good Fai belles stint) Self-aligning Fair Foir Separable inner ring non- Stroight/Cylindrical locating Excellent 9 Roller Bearing Self-contained two direction ee Excellent Poor eee Selt-aligning Good Foir Spherical Roller . aenngs Selt-ligning Excellent Good Needle Bearings Complete bearing Good 0 Single direction boll with Thrust Bearings {grooved race PDF Excelent Single direction eye roller 0 Excellent 2. The table above lists some general types of ball bearings and their typical load capabilities Straight Roller Bearings Straight roller or cylindrical bearings run in cylindrical raceways and have low-friction, high-radial load capacity, and high speed capability, Roller bearings are cylinder-shaped bearings where the point of contact between the bearing and the race is a line rather than a point. Load is distributed over a larger area and allows the bearing to handle a greater load. To minimize its tendency to skew, the roller’s length is not much greater than the diameter of the roller. hiepsimachinedesign.comiwhats-iference-petwesnlwhats-aiference-between-bearings-1 39,