Cylindrical Roller bearings

Thrust Bearing are used in the machine and production industries when two planes need to move against each other with the least amount of friction possible. They differ from ball bearings, as they are contained within a form of housing and may or may not bet spherical. Roller bearings come in a wide variety of sizes and shapes but generally fall into one of three categories: cylindrical, spherical and tapered.

Roller Bearing Construction

To understand how a roller bearing fails, it’s best to also understand how it’s constructed. The bearing itself consists of a set of rollers kept in place by a circular cage. This cage sits inside a bearing race, which provides a hard outer-edge covering to the bearing. Inside the center of the circular cage is the inner race, which connects to whatever the bearing is posted onto, usually an axle of some sort. The entire assembly is frequently encased within sidewalls, but not always.

Cylindrical Roller bearings

Spherical-Roller-BearingSpherical Roller Bearing

Cylindrical roller bearings are perhaps one of the most familiar and common forms of roller bearing. The basic design is a pair of rings with bearings between. These bearings may be spherical in shape but typically are cylindrical. Cylinders allow for the width of the bearing to be larger than what would be possible with a ball bearing alone. These types of roller bearings can handle a large radial load and moderate amount of thrust since the load is distributed across cylinders instead of spheres. They are commonly used for applications where an object needs to slide along in a plane.