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Basic concepts of roller bearing

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 Objective:

• Recognize basic concepts of roller bearing.

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 INTRODUCTION

Bearings come in handy in various

industrial instances and enable
individuals to carry heavy loads with
little friction. Advancements in
technology have produced precise roller
bearings. These provide an excellent
balance between cost, size, load-
carrying capacity, accuracy and weight.

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 Definition of Roller Bearing

It is a mechanical element that

permits relative motion between
two parts, such as the shaft and
the housing, with minimum friction.
It uses cylinders for maintaining
the separation between moving
parts of a bearing.

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 Importance of Roller Bearing

The primary reason for using roller bearings is to reduce

friction for effortless applications. As a result, they produce
less heat during operation and alleviate the need for repetitive
lubrication.

✓ Reduces maintenance and servicing costs

✓ Separable design, enabling for straightforward mounting and dismounting
✓ Interchangeable procedure – users can easily exchange the inner ring
✓ Bearings can facilitate change in direction without technical modifications
✓ Allows for axial displacement
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 Configurations of Roller Bearings

The bearing configuration supports and directs the shaft or

load radially or axially relative to other components like
casings. Two support blocks, either mounted on both ends or
intermittent, must clamp the shaft without using bolts.
Locating

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 ▪ Two-bearing-support rollers might have one of the following three
arrangements:

The bearing support touches the shaft axially. A

Locating or non-
non-locating bearing arrangement provides axial
locating bearing
displacements due to the difference in thermal
configuration
expansion between the shaft and the housing.

The shaft moves back and forth; one bearing

Adjusted bearing support allows for positive displacement while
configuration the other (cross-located) enables shaft location
in the opposite direction.

In a floating arrangement, cross-located bearing

Floating bearing and the contact components freely move axially
configuration or radially over varied distances between the two
endpoints.

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 Types of Roller Bearings

1- Spherical roller bearings

These types of roller bearings

have an outer ring with an
internal spherical shape. The
rollers are thicker in the middle
and thinner at the ends.
These bearings can carry heavy
loads even when dealing with
misalignment and shaft
deflection.

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 2- Cylindrical roller bearings

Cylindrical roller bearings have

high radial load capacity and
moderate thrust loads. They
contain rollers that are
cylindrically shaped but are not
true cylinders. Instead, these
rollers are crowned or end-
relieved to reduce stress
concentrations.

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 3- Tapered roller bearings

These types of roller bearings

can support radial and thrust
loads. They are available in inch
and metric sizes.
These roller bearings use
conical rollers that run on
conical raceways corresponding
to the bearings’ tapered design.

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 4- Needle roller bearings

They are thinner than

conventional roller bearings and
can be designed with or without
an inner ring. Needle roller
bearings are ideal for dealing
with radial space constraints in
heavy-load, high-speed
applications.

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 5- Thrust roller bearings

Thrust bearings are designed for pure thrust loads and

can handle little or no radial load. They use rollers similar
to other types of roller bearings.
They are available with cylindrical or spherical rollers.

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 Applications of Rolling Bearing

Since there are different types of

rolling bearings with different
configurations, these components
provide various properties, such as Locating
performance, speed, accuracy, and
load capacity, at varying levels.

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 Examples of widely used applications of rolling bearings include:

• Aviation cargo systems

• Heavy-duty rotating equipment and machinery
• Automobile sector
• Medical equipment
• Power generation in hydroelectric power-plant turbines
• Solar panels
• Agricultural industry
• Pulp and paper manufacturing
• Petroleum refinement

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 Let’s Practice: Which is correct?

1) These bearings have high radial load capacity and moderate thrust
loads.
a. Thrust roller bearing
b. Tapered roller bearing
c. Cylindrical roller bearing
It is a mechanical element that permits relative motion between the
2) shaft and the housing, with minimum friction.

a. Roller bearing
b. Angular bearing
c. Taper bearing

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 3) In this type of bearings, the rollers are thicker in the middle and thinner
at the ends.
a. Needle roller bearing
b. Spherical roller bearing
c. Taper roller bearing

4) Tapered roller bearings are available in inch and metric ______.

a. types
b. forms
c. sizes

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 5) They are thinner than conventional roller bearings and can be
designed with or without an inner ring.

a. Cylindrical roller bearing

b. Thrust roller bearing
c. Needle roller bearing

6) They are available with cylindrical or spherical rollers.

a. Taper roller bearing

b. Angular roller bearing
c. Thrust roller bearing

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 ✓ Now you can recognize basic concepts of
roller bearing.

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 Great job!

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 Conclusion

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