Bearings: - What Is Bearing

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Bearings

• What is Bearing

• The main function of a rotating shaft is to transmit


power from one end of the line to the other.
• It needs a good supports to ensure stability and
frictionless rotation.
• The support for the shaft is known as bearing
Types Of Bearings
• Plain or slider bearing
In which the rotating shaft has a sliding contact with
the bearing which is held stationary . Due to large
contact area friction between mating parts in high
requiring grater lubrication.
• Rolling or anti-friction bearing
Due to less contact area rolling friction is much
lesser than the sliding friction , hence these bearings
are also known as antifriction bearing.
Classification of the Sliding
Contact Bearing
• Journal bearing
In this the bearing pressure is exerted at right angles to
the axis of the axis of the shaft. The portion of the shaft
lying within the bearing in known as journal. shaft are
generally made of mild steel.
• Thrust bearing
In this bearing supporting pressure is parallel to the axis
of the shaft having end thrust. Thrust bearing are used in
bevel mountings, propeller drives, turbines, etc.
Journal Bearings
Journal Bearings
Journal Bearings
Bearings

Thrust

Radial
Thrust Bearing
Advantages and Disadvantages
• Advantages
Plain bearing are cheap to produce and have noiseless
operation. They can be easily machined, occupy small radial
space and have vibration damping properties.
Disadvantages
They require large supply of lubricating oil, they are suitable
only for relative low temperature and speed; and starting
resistance is much greater than running resistance due to
slow build up of lubricant film around the bearing surface.
Rolling Contact Bearings

Load is transferred through elements in rolling contact rather than


sliding contact.
Types of Rolling Contact
Bearings
1. Ball bearings
• Deep groove (Conrad) bearing
• Filling notch ball bearing or maximum capacity bearing
• Angular contact bearings (AC)

2. Roller bearings
• Cylindrical bearings
• Needle bearings
• Tapered bearings
• Spherical bearings
3. Thrust bearings
Ball Bearings
1. Deep groove (Conrad) bearing

• Load capacity is limited by the number of balls

 Primarily designed to support radial loads, the thrust


capacity is about 70% of radial load capacity
Ball Bearings
2. Filling notch or maximum capacity ball bearings
Bearings have the same basic radial construction as
Conrad type. However, a filling notch (loading groove)
permits more balls to be used.

Notch

• Radial load capacity is 20 – 40% higher than Conrad type


• Thrust load capacity drops to 20% (2 directions) of radial load
capacity.
Ball Bearings
3. Angular contact bearings (AC)
The centerline of contact between the balls and the raceway is
at an angle to the plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation.

Extra support
in the back

Direction of
thrust

• Used for high radial and thrust load applications


Roller Bearings
Roller bearings have higher load capacity than ball bearings, load
is transmitted through line contact instead of point contact.
Straight cylindrical roller Needle type
Roller Bearings
Tapered bearings
Designed to withstand high radial loads, high thrust loads, and
combined loads at moderate to high speeds. They can also
withstand repeated shock loads.
Roller Bearings
Spherical bearings
Bearing design uses barrel shaped rollers. Spherical roller
bearings combine very high radial load capacity with modest
thrust load capacity and excellent tolerance to misalignment.
Thrust Bearings
Ball thrust bearing Roller thrust bearing
Roller Thrust Bearings
Spherical Thrust Bearings
Cylindrical
Thrust Bearings

Tapered Thrust
Bearings
Advantages and Disadvantages
Advantages
Rolling bearings can be easily applied on the axis from any
direction in space
The high rotation efficiency and little heat productivity

Disadvantages
They are high cost, they cannot be used in half, and greater noise.
The load capacity of rolling bearings is much smaller than that of
sliding bearings with the same volume
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