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

snap ring

Machine tools; Bearings

A removable ring used to axially position a bearing or outer ring in a housing. Also used as a means of fastening a shield or seal in a bearing.

shield

Machine tools; Bearings

A metal formed washer attached to the outer ring and set so it rides close to, but not contacting, the inner ring, to retain lubricant and prevent contamination.

shoulder

Machine tools; Bearings

The side of a ball race, also a surface in a bearing application or shaft which axially positions a bearing and takes the thrust load.

single row

Machine tools; Bearings

Bearing with one row of rolling elements.

The deviation of the shaft cross section from a true click. Out-of-round is measured as the radial distance, on a polar chart recording, between concentric, circumscribed and inscribed circles that ...