What Is Called Bearings And What Are The Different Types Of Bearings?

Life itself becomes simple because of many reasons; the main reason is the basic foundation of the connection of life around us which gives meaning to our survival. Not only living things but also non-living things play an important role and they too are useful to living beings. The latest technologies or inventions made the human-life much easier, comfortable and convenient.

One of the best examples is machines or other equipment which we are fully dependent. We use one or the other machine in our daily life; especially households like a refrigerator, washing machine or even smartphones are addicted to some people. But most of us have not thought about how these devices are made of or what are the different parts of each device?

What Is The Use Of Bearings?

Spherical Plain Bearing | Image Resource : indiamart.com

A machine is a combination of many tiny as well as huge components in which each component has its own different functions to perform. The element or the component which helps to reduce the friction between other components in a machine is called bearing; using this tiny part can make the machine works smoothly.

The bearing can also define as a lubricant inside the functional elements. When every component does their role perfectly, it can be said as a complete machine. Depending on the features or the designs,the bearing can be classified into many. Some of them are roller bearings,ball bearing rollers, ball thrust bearing, roller thrust bearing, tapered roller bearing, specialized bearing etc.

Some Popular Bearings and Their Characteristics

The bearing elements that are contained inside a housing unit are called Bearing Pillow Block. The housing is bolted to a foundation which allows the outer ring of the bearing to remain motionless while inner ring rotates.  It can be said as; the housing allows a stiff and secure positioning and helps the bearing elements to rotate within clean contained surroundings.

Another standard and common bearing are Angular Contact Ball Bearings which is designed in such a way that, it can withstand both axial loads and radial loads in high speed. It also has both outer raceways and inner raceways and the balls inside it and the raceways are usually built of chrome steel. The two types of angular contact ball bearings are singular row angular contact ball bearings and double row angular contact ball bearings.

Among different bearings, one of the popular is Spherical Plain Bearing. It has an inner ring and an outer ring. The inner is in a sphere convex and the outer ring is a sphere but is concave. These bearings are suitable for the arrangements where alignment movements between shafts are there and also if frequent tilting movements are there at slow speed.