Bearings

Bearings

Bearings are machine elements with the special property of restricting movement between moving parts to only the intended motion or direction.

Industry: Machine tools

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Bearings

ball complement

Machine tools; Bearings

Number of balls used in a ball bearing.

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 bearing.

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 bearing; the cup and ...