TUTORIAL BEARING

[CO1; PO1; C1 & C2]

1) ListTWO (2) advantages of roller bearing over ball bearing.

2) Determine the suitable size of 03-series straight cylindrical bearings for an industrial machine
intended for a rating life of 48 hours operation at 2000 rpm. The radial load is 12.5 kN with
extreme shock condition and the inner rings rotate.

3) State two (2) types of failure for bearing

4) A bearing is subjected to radial load of 6 kN with heavy shock and the outer ring rotates.
Determine the equivalent radial load of 40 mm bore 02 series straight cylindrical bearing.

5) State two (2) factors influence the life of bearing

6) A deep groove ball bearing (02 series) having equivalent radial load of 12 kN at 1500 rpm.
Determine the size of bearing for rating life of 300 hours

[CO2; PO2; C3]

1) Figure 1 shows the force acting on steel shaft carrying two pulleys. The pulleys are keyed at B
and D. The shaft is mounted on two bearings A and C. The shaft has 12 mm diameter and
operates at 1725 rpm. Bearing at both end of the shaft are taken to be identical 02 series deep
groove and subjected to radial load, FR with light shock loading and the inner ring rotates.
Design life specification is 30000 hours. Thrust load is negligible. Determine:
(i) The radial load, Fr
(ii) The equivalent radial load
(iii) the size of bearing in mm

Figure 1
2) A shaft is supported as shown in Figure 2. The weight of pulley is 1000 N and tensions in the
horizontal direction are 3000 N and 1500 N respectively. Design life specification is 10 years
of operation, 275 days/year and 18 hour/day at 900 rpm. Bearing at the end of the shaft is
taken to be identical 02 series deep groove and inner ring rotates with light shock loading.
Determine:
(i) The resultant radial force of bearing A and B
(ii) The correct size of 02 series ball bearing
(iii) The expected rating life of the bearing if 6% probability of failure
(iv) The percentage reduction in median life to improve the reliability of bearing from 90%
to 94%

Figure 2

3) A 50 mm bore (02 series) deep groove ball bearing for radial load of 4000 N and axial load of
5000 N, operating at a speed of 1600 rpm. The outer ring rotate and the load is steady.
Determine:
(i) the equivalent radial load,
(ii) median life, and
(iii) the expected rating life if 5% probability of failure can be permitted at 1200 rpm

4) A 02-series deep-groove ball bearing carries a combined load of 2 kN radially and 3 kN axially
at 1500 rpm. The outer ring rotates and the load is steady with equivalent radial load of 4.46
kN. Determine;
(i) the diameter of the bearing by using table,
(ii) rating life in hours and
(iii) the median life of hours