J - Rolling Bearing Damages

Bearing Damages - Causes and Remedies
Rolling Bearing
Damages
FAG Bearings India Limited Slide 1

BEARING DAMAGE CAUSES

1.Incorrect Mounting
-Inadequate methods and tools
-Cleanliness
-Incorrect fits
2.Exceptional Loads
-Excessive or insufficient load
-Vibrations
-Excessive speed


3.Environmental Influence
-External heat
-Dust or dirt
-Humidity
4.Incorrect Lubrication
-Inadequate
-Deficient
-Excessive


5.Inadequate Work Area
-Open and not mounted bearings
-Bearings and tools together
-Tools not organized

PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION
Whenever a complaint is received from the field regarding the bearing
failures the following needs to be ascertained.
Type of bearing failed.
Application in which the bearing was running.
Ask for all the load details/operation parameters.
Ask for details regarding the kind of lubrication employed, lubricant
used, method of lubrication, lubricant details etc.
Perform the load calculations and check for the L10 life and the modified
life of the bearing based on the parameters given.
Cross check the results achieved with the actual performance of the
bearing.If the failure of the bearing is premature carry out the failure
analysis.

FAILURE INVESTIGATION AT SITE

Determine the actual operating data and check with the data furnished a
the time of preliminary investigation. The various operating data that
needs to be collected as shown in detail in point 1 of slide 6.
Evaluate the lubricant. Check the condition of the lubricant, cleanliness,
viscosity and other parameters. Take a sample of the same from the
location in question and get the same tested and document it.

Steps involved in the Bearing failure analysis
1. Determine operating data.

2. Extraction and evaluation of lubrication samples.
3. Inspection of Bearing Environment.
4. Assessment of Bearing in mounted condition.
5. Dismounting damaged bearing.
6. Seat Check
7. Assessment of Complete bearing
8. Despatch the bearing to FAG

Analysing Bearing failures to identify causes
Symptoms Cause Application Examples
Damaged Rolling Elements Motor Vehicles: Increased
or rings. wobbling, vibration in steering
UNEVEN system
RUNNING Contamination Fans: Increased Vibration.
Excessive Bearing Clearance Saw Mills: More Knocks and
Blows in Connecting rods.
REDUCED Wear due to contaminants Lathe: Gradual development of

WORKING or insufficient lubrication chatter marks on work piece.
ACCURACY Damaged rings or rolling
Grinders :Waiviness of ground
elements
surfaces
Change in adjustment Cold rolling mills: Periodic surface
(Clearance or Preload) defects on rolled material such as
stretcher grains, ghost lines etc.

Analysing Bearing failures to identify causes
Symptoms Cause Application Examples
Uncommon Insufficient operating
Running Noise : clearance
Whining or high
pitched noise
Changes in operating
Gradual Change in Electric Motors, Gears.
clearance caused by
Running noise. [The bearing noise is hard to
temperature . Damaged
raceway [from identify since it is drowned by
Contamination / fatigue] the noise of gears.
Excessive Clearance.
Low pitched
Damaged running surfaces.
rumbling or
Contamination.
irregular noise
Unsuitable lubricant.

RESULT OF BEARING DAMAGE ANALYSIS
Consequential Mounting Contamination

Damage of Lubricant 0,35% OF ALL WARRANTY
Faults CLAIMS ARE FROM
5% 5% 25% PRODUCTION
FAULTS
Unsuitable
Choice of Unsuitable
Insufficient Aged
Bearing Lubricant
Lubricant Lubricant
10% 20%
15% 20%

Typical Reasons for Rolling Bearing Damages :
Inexpert mounting Inexpert Mounting
Abnormal conditions during Incorrect mounting method,

operation wrong tools
Unfavourable environmental Contamination

influences
Too tight fit
Inadequate lubrication
Too loose fit
Misalignment

SYMPTOMS Fretting Corrosion
Brownish black spots on the seats
occasionally with brown abraded matter near
bearing or in lubricant also.
Wear at the fitting surface, fatigue fracture
possible in case of rotating parts .
Disturbance of floating bearing function
possible in case of stationary parts.
Fretting corrosion in bore of inner ring of
Cylindrical roller bearing with seats too loose
CAUSES
Micro motion between fitted parts where fits
are too lose in relation to the acting forces.
Form disturbance of fitting surfaces.
Shaft deflection or housing deformation.
Floating bearing function at ring with
circumferential load.
Fretting corrosion reveals the size of the load
zone at the stationary outer ring.

Fretting Corrosion
REMEDIES
Provide floating bearing function at ring with
point load.
Use bearing seats which are as tight as possible.
Coat bearing seats.
Make shaft/housing more rigid to bending.
Improve roundness of seats.
Fretting corrosion in bore of inner ring of

Cylindrical roller bearing with seats too loose
Fretting corrosion reveals the size of the load

zone at the stationary outer ring.

SYMPTOMS Seizure
Cold welding at the fitting surfaces and axial
mating surfaces or also shiny contact areas
where surface roughness is good.
CAUSES
Rotary motion between the ring and
shaft/housing with loose fits under
circumferrential load:with static load and Seizing marks in the inner ring bore as a
unbalance also. result of inner ring creeping on the shaft.
Axial support of rings insufficient.

Sluggish movement of floating ring.
REMEDIES
Use bearing seats which are as tight as
possible.
Extend axial mating surfaces. Seizing marks on the OD as a result of outer
Keep fitting surfaces dry. ring creeping in the housing.
Improve floating bearing function.

SYMPTOMS
Lateral Grazing Tracks
Circumferential scratch marks /wear on the
faces of the bearing rings or seals.
CAUSES
Insufficient fixation of the bearing in the
housing or on the shaft.
Large amount of external contamination with Circumferential scoring and cold welding at
the faces due to grazing by a mating part.
narrow gap between the bearing and mating
parts.
Loose mating parts.
Axial clearance too large.
REMEDIES
Ensure proper adjustment of parts.
Ensure proper cleanliness.
Check and adjust correct axial clearance.
Seal damage due to lateral grazing

Radial load of a radial bearing e.g.
deep groove ball bearing Under
point load and with a sufficiently
rigid housing, the track on the
stationary ring is shorter than half
the raceway circumference in so far
as there is no radial preload. Under
circumferential load, the track
spreads over the entire raceway
circumference.
A.Point load for the outer ring,

circumferential load for the
inner ring.
B.Point load for the inner ring,
circumferential load for the
A B
outer ring.

Axial load of a radial bearing, e.g. Combined radial-axial load of a
deep groove ball bearing. On the deep groove ball bearing. In the
inner and outer rings the tracks case of the inner ring
spread off-centre over the entire (circumferential load) there is a
raceway circumference. constant wide track over the entire
raceway circumference. The track
on the outer ring (point load) is
wider in the radial load zone than
on the rest of the circumference.

Indentation Caused by foreign particle contamination
Indentation of soft Indentation by Indentation of hard

foreign particles particles made of mineral foreign
hardened steel particles

Deep groove ball bearing under Oval deformation of a deep groove

detrimental radial preload. The ball bearing. Two opposed radial
tracks extend over the entire load zones formed in the raceway of
circumference, even on the point the ovally deformed outer ring
loaded ring. (point load).

Locating-floating bearing arrangement with two deep groove ball bearings.
The deep groove ball bearing on the work end

is designed as the locating bearing, the bearing
on the drive end as the floating bearing.
Tracks on bearings in working order. The

locating bearing shows the characteristics of a
bearing under combined load, the floating
bearing those of a bearing under mainly/purely
radial load.
Tracks on bearings under detrimental axial

preload (outer ring of floating bearing does not
move). Each bearing shows the characteristics
of a combined load. The detrimental axial
preload is clear from the symmetric tracks of
both bearings.

Development of tracks in the case of a self-aligning ball

bearing with rotating inner ring under detrimental axial
preload and radial load

MISALIGNMENT
Tilting of the inner rings relative to the outer rings in

the case of misaligned housing seats

MISALIGNMENT
Tilting of the inner rings relative to the outer rings
in the case of misaligned housing seats

MISALIGNMENT
Tracks of a misaligned deep groove Tracks of a misaligned deep groove
ball bearing with rotating inner ring ball bearing with rotating outer ring

SYMPTOMS FALSE
Elliptical wear marks in an axial direction at BRINELLING
each ball position with a bright finish and
sharp demarcation.
Often surrounded by a ring of brown debris
CAUSES
Vibrations in stationary machines leading to
micro motion between rolling elements and
raceways.
When the bearing isn’t turning, an oil film
cannot be formed to prevent raceway wear .
REMEDIES
Eliminate or absorb external vibration.
Use lubricants containing antiwear additives.

SYMPTOMS
Discoloration of the rings, rolling elements and OVER HEATING
cages from gold to blue.
Temperatures in excess of 400°F can anneal
ring and rolling element materials, reducing
the bearing capacity and causing early failure
CAUSES
Heavy electrical heat loads
Inadequate heat paths
Insufficient cooling or lubrication when loads
and speed are excessive
REMEDIES
Thermal or overload controls.
Adequate heat paths
Supplemental cooling

SYMPTOMS
Typically a crack spreads evenly in the OUTER RING
circumferential direction, with several fractured FRACTURE
pieces often originating with axial load.
Fractures usually occur a little beyond the
middle of the raceway.
Outside outer ring shows irregular load pattern.
CAUSES
Poor support of the rings in the bearing housing
REMEDIES
Improvement in bearing mounting.
Follow FAG mounting instructions for appropriate
recommendations

SYMPTOMS
Spotted smear marks. SLIPPAGE
Roughening of rolling elements or raceways
CAUSES
Rolling elements slide on the raceways when the
load is low and lubrication is poor.
Occasionally occurs if load zones are too short,
causing rolling elements to brake in the unloaded
zone and accelerate again when entering the load
zone.
Fast changes in speed
REMEDIES
Select Bearing with lower load carrying
capacity.
Preload Bearings, Reduce Bearing Clearance,
Improve Lubrication.
SYMPTOMS
A wear path not parallel to raceway edges on MISALIGNMENT
the raceway of the non-rotating ring.
CAUSES
Bent shafts.
Burrs or dirt on shaft or housing shoulders.
Shaft threads that are not square with shaft seats.
Locking nuts with faces that are not square to
the thread axis
REMEDIES
Inspect shafts and housings for runout of
shoulders and bearing seats.
Use single point- turned or ground threads on
non-hardened shafts and ground threads only on
hardened shafts.
Use precision grade lock nut’s.
SYMPTOMS
A heavy rolling element wear path in the bottom TIGHT FITS
of the raceway
CAUSES
Excessive loading of the rolling elements when
interference fits exceed the radial clearance at
operating temperatures.
Continued operation under such conditions

leads to rapid wear and fatigue.
REMEDIES
Decrease total interference with better matching
of bearings to shafts and housings.
Consider operating temperatures
Increased radial clearance in bearing selection

SYMPTOMS
Inner ring partly or completely cracked in the AXIAL CRACKS
axial direction.
Slightly rounded fractured edges indicate that

the fracture originated during operation and was
cycled (cracked edges may break off after
prolonged operation).
Sharp edged cracks indicate fracture during

dismounting.
CAUSES
Bearing slippage, Rotation of inner ring on the
shaft.
Too tight of fit to shaft. Grooved shaft, Out-of-

roundness.
Grazing against Surrounding parts.

REMEDIES
AXIAL CRACKS
Improve lubrication with additives or
increased oil quantities.
Select suitable fit
Avoid grazing
Provide for better seating conditions.
Consider special heat treatment for rings

SYMPTOMS
NORMAL
Often referred to as spalling; indicated by the
fracture of the running surfaces and subsequent FATIGUE
removal of small discrete particles of material
from the inner ring, outer ring or rolling
elements.
Spalling is progressive, and once initiated will
spread with continued operation.
Always accompanied by a notice able increase
in vibration
CAUSES
Bearing has remained in operation beyond its
calculated fatigue life
REMEDIES
Replace the bearing and/or consider redesigning
to use a bearing with a greater calculated
fatigue life
SYMPTOMS TRUE BRINELLING

Brinell marks appear as indentations in the
raceways, increasing bearing vibration (noise).
Severe Brinell marks can cause premature
fatigue failure.
CAUSES
Static overload of the bearing, Severe impact to the
bearing
Using a hammer to install the bearing.
Dropping or striking assembled equipment.
Pressing a bearing to the shaft by applying force to
the outer ring.

REMEDIES
TRUE BRINELLING
Observe static load ratings in making bearing
selection.
Install bearings using appropriate equipment and by

applying force only to the ring being press-fitted

SYMPTOMS
CONTAMINATION
Denting of rolling elements and raceways,
causing vibration.
vibration
CAUSES
causing vibration.
Air-born dust, dirt or abrasive substances from

contaminated work areas
Dirty hands or tools
Foreign matter in lubricants or cleaning solutions

REMEDIES CONTAMINATION
causing vibration.
Clean work areas, tools, fixtures and hands
reduce the risks
Isolate bearing assembly area from any grinding
operations.

SYMPTOMS
Discolored rolling elements (blue/brown) and LUBRICANT
rolling element tracks. FAILURE
Excessive wear of rolling elements, rings, and
cages follow, resulting in overheating and
catastrophic failure.
CAUSES
Restricted lubricant flow.
Excessive temperatures that degrade the

lubricant.
REMEDIES
Use of the appropriate and correct amount of
lubricant.
Ensure proper bearing fit.Control Preload to

reduce bearing temperatures.
SYMPTOMS
Red/brown stains or deposits on rolling CORROSION
elements, raceways or cages.
Increased vibration followed by wear
Increase in radial clearance or Loss of Preload
CAUSES
Exposing bearings to corrosive fluids or
atmospheres
REMEDIES
Divert corrosive fluids away from bearing areas
Use integrally sealed bearings
Consider external seals for particularly hostile

environments
SYMPTOMS
Brownish marks parallel to the axis on a large FLUTING
part of the raceway, or covering the entire
raceway circumference
CAUSES
Constant passage of alternating or direct current
Even low currents
REMEDIES
Prevent currents from flowing through the
bearing by means of grounding or insulating.
Use current insulated bearings

SYMPTOMS
Heavy rolling element wear paths EXCESSIVE
LOADS
Evidence of overheating
Widespread fatigue areas (spalling)
CAUSES
Excessive loading of the bearing
REMEDIES
Reduce the load
Redesign using a bearing with greater capacity.

SYMPTOMS
Supporting lips are partly or completely broken LIP FRACTURE
off or cracked.
CAUSES
Axial load unacceptably high.
Lip insufficiently supported.
Axial shock load.Mounting damage.
REMEDIES
Ensure good lip support design.
Keep load within specified limits.
Observe appropriate procedures.

SYMPTOMS
Partial or large-area welding and deep scratches SEIZURE
in the lip and roller face areas, also lubricant
coking in this area
CAUSE
S
Inadequate lubrication with high loads and high
speeds (quantity or operating viscosity of
lubricant too low)
Detrimental Preload due to heat expansion.
Skewing of rollers due to raceway wear or ring

tilting.
Axial load too high on cylindrical roller bearings.

Axial Preload too high for out-of-square mating
surfaces.

REMEDIES
Improve lubrication (increase viscosity, EP SEIZURE
additives, increase quantity).
Ensure correct adjustment of bearings.

SYMPTOMS
Balls will show a grooved wear band caused by REVERSE
the ball riding over the outer edge of the LOADING
raceway
CAUSES
Angular contact ball bearings are designed to
accept an axial load in one direction only.
When loaded in the opposite direction, the

elliptical contact area on the outer ring is
truncated by the low shoulder on that side of the
outer ring.Result is excessive stress and an
increase in temperature followed by increased
vibration and early failure.
REMEDIES
Ensure proper installation of angular contact
bearings.
SYMPTOMS
Craters in the raceway due to local melting at the
CRATERS
contact area of the parts in rolling, sometimes
several craters in a row or whole chains around
the circumference.
CAUSES
Sparking over current for example during
welding or due to earth failure.
REMEDIES
Do not direct the current through the bearing
during Electro welding

SYMPTOMS ROLLING
In case of balls ,arch shaped notches on the
surface or described as ‘woolen balls’ of ELEMENT EDGE
notches, edges rounded since they are plastically RUNNING
deformed . See fig 1 & 2. These are not to be
confused with scratches by foreign particles.
Circumferential notches near the face in case of
rollers.
CAUSES Fig1
Excessive (Axial Load).Tilting.
Moment Load too High.
Operating Clearance too high.
REMEDIES
Avoid Overloading. Avoid Tilting
Use bearing with higher load carrying capacity.
Reduce operating clearance. Fig2

SYMPTOMS
Fatigue fractures as a result of raceway fatigue. RING
Sketch shows typical fatigue damage in the FRACTURES
raceway ; frequent steps in the fracture area.
CAUSES
Well advanced fatigue damage.
REMEDIES
Cleanliness and caution required when Mounting.

Improve sealing.
Use clean lubricant.
Improve mounting procedure.
Rigid surrounding parts.

SYMPTOMS
The visual pattern of the tracks and the surface as UNUSUAL
observed by microscope,that is roughness makes it TRACKS
possible to conclude about the quality of the
lubrication.
The thinner the lubricant film the greater the
influence on the surface.See fig 1 for poor surface
seperation.
Fig 1
When the specific load is high in the contact
areas,the tracks are bright,pressure polished and
frequently shiny and a clear contrast to the uncycled
part of the raceway.
CAUSES
Insufficient lubricant quantity available in the
bearing.
Viscosity of the lubricant is insufficient for the Fig 2
operating temperature and speed.
REMEDIES UNUSUAL
TRACKS
Improve lubricant supply.
Use lubricant with a suitable viscosity & appropriate
additives.
Use bearing parts with surface coating.
Fig 1
Fig 2

SYMPTOMS
OVERHEATING
Raceway/rolling elements plastically deformed to
a large extent.
Discolourisation of the bearing.
CAUSES
Bearing clearance too low during operation,
particularly with high speed bearings.
Inadequate lubrication.
Radial Preload due to external over heating.
Over lubrication.
Impeded running due to cage fracture.

REMEDIES
OVERHEATING
Increase bearing clearance, Avoid lubrication
pile up- Improve lubrication.
In the case of external heating ensure,
sufficiently slow heating up and cooling down,
that is to ensure uniform heating of the complete
bearing.

SYMPTOMS
Material displacement at rolling element pitch parallel
SCORE
to the axis in raceways and rolling elements of
MARKS
seperable cylindrical rollers or tapered roller
bearings.Several marks are found displaced to one
another by a few degrees on the circumference.
Frequently found on the 1/3 of the circumference and
no on the whole.
CAUSES
During mounting,if the single ring and the ring with
the rolling elements are not concentric and are
forcefully shoved damages as shown in the photo are
done to the inner ring. This can be particularly
dangerous with large moving pass(large shaft is
shoved with the bearing inner ring and rolling element
into the outer ring which has already been pressed into
the housing.
REMEDIES
Use suitable mounting aids. SCORE
Avoid Misalignment. MARKS
If possible assemble parts with slow rotating
movement.

SYMPTOMS
Wear may result when cages -particularly brass
are guided at the lip of bearing cages.The surface
WEAR OF CAGE
is badly roughened and Seizure also results. A
GUIDING SURFACE
shoulder develops at the lip when there is lot of
wear since the cage is not as a rule in contact with
its entire width.
CAUSES
Insufficient lubricant supply to the contact
areas,often inadequate drainage of the lubricant.
Contaminated lubricant. / High speed/
Excessive Tilting during assembly.
Unexpectedly high temperatures in the case of
outer ring guided brass cages(different
coefficient of expansion between steel and
brass).
REMEDIES
Increase lubrication. Greater flow , more WEAR OF CAGE
cleanliness. GUIDING SURFACE
Use bearings designed for operating conditions
in question.
Coat cage.

SYMPTOMS
At the area of the sealing lip contact a WORN SEALING
circumferrential groove , usually shiny develops.
LIP TRACKS
Also in conjunction frequently with worn sealing
lips and damage to the bearing as a result of
penetrating contaminants.
Corrosion in the seal area found in many cases.
CAUSES
Extreme amount of external dirt particularly in
moist environment.
Lip runs dry.
Fig.- Corrosion in the area of the sealing track
at the lip of an angular contact ball bearing.
REMEDIES
Use preseals e.g. flinger rings.
Lubricate sealing lips.
SYMPTOMS
In the case of cages with lip guidance wear in CAGE WEAR
the side edges is observed.
In the case of cages guided by rolling elements
wear in the pockets will be observed.
CAUSES
Lubricant contaminated with hard foreign
particles.
Too little or unsuitable lubricants.
REMEDIES
Ensure clean assembly conditions.
Filter the lubricant that is recycled.
Increase lubricant through and/or apply a
different viscosity.
Fig Shows cage wear due to starved
lubrication and contaminants’’’’’
SYMPTOMS
Wear of cage outside diameter due to grazing at CAGE WEAR
the bearing outer ring.
CAUSES
Excessive speed.
Unsuitable cage construction selected.
REMEDIES
Select suitable cage material as per the speed
application.
Fig Shows cage wear due to grazing at

the bearing outside diameter.*

SYMPTOMS
Wear is observed on the cage pockets CAGE WEAR
accompanied by fractures between crosspiece
and and side edge.
CAUSES
Unpermissible tilting of the bearings.
Faulty adjustment of clearance in the bearings.
REMEDIES
Adjust bearing correctly.
Use self aligning bearing , avoid misalignment.
Fig Shows cage wear due to roller skewing

SYMPTOMS
Intense wear at the webs between the cage CAGE WEAR
pockets, deformation or fracture may occur.
CAUSES
Excess tilting of the bearing rings to one
another. Eg. Ball bearings with combined
load.Varying circumferential velocity of balls
as a result stress in cage area high, particularly
with poor lubrication.
REMEDIES
Avoid tilting. Fig Shows cage wear due to
rings tilting towards one
Apply eventually self aligning bearing or another.
bearing with polyamide cages.
Special design long hole pockets can be
used.
SYMPTOMS
Loosening of riveted joints, rivet fracture. CAGE WEAR
Breaking of cage prongs.
CAUSES
Vibration or shocks which superimpose the
normal cage stress.
Tilting in the case of deep groove ball bearings.
Fig Shows fractured
REMEDIES cage rivet connections
Use of solid cage instead of a pressed cage. resulting From
Use of window type cage particularly when vibratory stresses.
stress is great.

SYMPTOMS
Fracture of cage edges, crosspiece fracture more CAGE WEAR
seldom.
CAUSES
Mounting damage.
Kinematically permissible speed exceeded.
Moment load too high.
As a result of wear due to poor lubrication.
In case of tapered roller pairs when clearance is Fig Shows disruptive
large and reversal of axial loading is quick. fracture at the side edge
of a spherical roller
REMEDIES bearing.
Mount carefully.
Filter lubricant.
Operate bearing pair preloaded if possible.
Avoid tilting as much as possible.

SYMPTOMS CAGE WEAR
Initial fusing in the case of plastic cages,
grooves or warping in the case of metallic cages.
CAUSES
Incorrect heating of the bearing for mounting.
Unsuitable mounting aids.
REMEDIES Fig Shows melted face of

Mount the bearing as the manufacturer’s a plastic cage resulting
recommendation. Refer FAG publication WL 80 from incorrect heating on
heating plate.
100 “Mounting and Dismounting of rolling
bearings”

SYMPTOMS
Sealing lips no longer like edges but widened.
Cracks in sealing material,sealing lip partly SEAL DAMAGE
broken off.
Fig a -Cross section of a worn sealing lip. Fig a
Fig b -Hardened sealing with wear and fractures.
CAUSES
Operating temperature too high for sealing
material.
Extreme amount of dirt at the sealing lip.
Sealing interference too high.
Sealing lip is not lubricated.
Fig b
REMEDIES
Use suitable sealing material.
Use non rubbing preseal.
Grease sealing lips.
SYMPTOMS
Seal is too far inside, dented, discoloured,
SEAL DAMAGE
scratched. Sealing lips are turned up.
Fig a -Dented seal with scorings.
Fig b -Turned-up sealing lips.
CAUSES
Incorrect mounting aids.
Fig a Fig a
Bearing over heated.
Sealing occasionally removed.
Bearing blown off with compressed air.
REMEDIES
Ensure careful mounting with suitable mounting
devices.
Never open sealed bearings if they are to be Fig b
subsequently used.

INTRODUCTION ON HOW TO RECOGNISE TAPERED ROLLING

BEARING DAMAGES
ABRASIVE WEAR

GROOVING ETCHING

DEEP INDENTATION EXCESSIVE

CAUSED BY FOREIGN PRELOAD/OVER
MATTER LOAD

ADVANCED DAMAGE RESULT OF OFF TAPER

CAUSED BY CONDITON IN THE
INADEQUATE HOUSING
LUBRICATION

CAGE DAMAGE BY
IMPROPER HANDLING

HIGH SPOTS OR BURRS IN THE DAMAGE CAUSED DUE TO

CUP CAUSED DUE TO IMPROPER FITS OF CUPS OR
INCORRECT MOUNTING CONES
PRACTICES

DAMAGE CAUSED DUE TO
DAMAGE CAUSED OWING TO END PLAY WHICH
LOOSE FITS ON ROTATING REMAINS AT THE TIME
SHAFT OF ASSEMBLY.
THRUST BRG.USED IN
KING PINS OF AUTO
MOTIVE VEHICLES
FALSE BRINELLING CAUSED FALSE BRINELLING

OWING TO TRANSPORTATION

DAMAGE CAUSED BY SEVERE ADVANCE STATE OF DAMAGE

IMPACT LOAD - ALSO CALLED CAUSED BY INADEQUATE
TRUE BRINELLING LUBRICATION.

FLUTING OR GROOVES CAUSED BY PASSAGE OF ELECTRIC

CURRENT.

EXCESSIVE PRELOAD OR
OVERLOAD

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Bearing Damages - Causes and Remedies

FAG Bearings India Limited Slide 1

BEARING DAMAGE CAUSES

FAG Bearings India Limited Slide 2

BEARING DAMAGE CAUSES

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BEARING DAMAGE CAUSES

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FAILURE INVESTIGATION AT SITE

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Steps involved in the Bearing failure analysis

1. Determine operating data.

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REDUCED Wear due to contaminants Lathe: Gradual development of

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Consequential Mounting Contamination

FAG Bearings India Limited Slide 10

Typical Reasons for Rolling Bearing Damages :

Inexpert mounting Inexpert Mounting

Abnormal conditions during Incorrect mounting method,

Unfavourable environmental Contamination

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Fretting corrosion in bore of inner ring of

Fretting corrosion reveals the size of the load

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Axial support of rings insufficient.

Improve floating bearing function.

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A.Point load for the outer ring,

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Indentation Caused by foreign particle contamination

Indentation of soft Indentation by Indentation of hard

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Deep groove ball bearing under Oval deformation of a deep groove

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The deep groove ball bearing on the work end

Tracks on bearings in working order. The

Tracks on bearings under detrimental axial

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Development of tracks in the case of a self-aligning ball

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Tilting of the inner rings relative to the outer rings in

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Continued operation under such conditions

Consider operating temperatures

Increased radial clearance in bearing selection

Slightly rounded fractured edges indicate that

Sharp edged cracks indicate fracture during

Too tight of fit to shaft. Grooved shaft, Out-of-

Grazing against Surrounding parts.

Select suitable fit

Provide for better seating conditions.

Consider special heat treatment for rings

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