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

inclusion origin

Machine tools; Bearings

Spalling from oxides or other hard inclusions in the bearing steel.

A rigid, cup-shaped component of a seal assembly that is placed inside the outer seal case. It has one or more of the following devices: reinforcing member, shield, spring retainer or a lip-clamping ...

bearing housing

Machine tools; Bearings

The opening in which a bearing is contained in a machine. The part of a machine that contains this opening.

housing fit

Machine tools; Bearings

Amount of interference or clearance between bearing outside surface and housing bearing seat.

housing

Machine tools; Bearings

A rigid structure that supports and locates the seal assembly with respect to the shaft.

high spots in cup seats

Machine tools; Bearings

Localized spalling on the cup race from stress riser created by a split housing pinch point.

heavy parts

Machine tools; Bearings

Examples of heavy parts are chassis (shock absorbers, mufflers and exhaust system products, struts), drivetrain (U-joints, transmission parts, clutches), brake parts (rotors, discs) and crash parts ...