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Machine tools
Tools used to facilitate the working or efficiency of machines.
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ball cage
Machine tools; Bearings
A device which partly surrounds the balls and travels with them, the main purpose of which is to space the balls.
ball bearing
Machine tools; Bearings
An anti-friction bearing that uses a series of steel balls held between inner and outer bearing races.
axle
Machine tools; Bearings
Rod or spindle on or with which a wheel revolves; the bar connecting two opposite wheels. The shaft (axle) of an automobile fits through the bore of a cone of the tapered roller ...
axial runout
Machine tools; Bearings
Also called lateral runout, is the measurable irregularity or wobble parallel to the axis of rotation.
axis
Machine tools; Bearings
A straight line about which an object rotates; a straight line about which the parts of a bearing are regularly arranged. The center line of a shaft serves as an axis for a ...
axial load
Machine tools; Bearings
A type of load on a bearing that is parallel to the axis of rotation.
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