Roller Bearings
What are Roller Bearings Used For?
Roller Bearings are essential components for many mechanical systems. They are designed to reduce friction and support loads by rolling between moving parts. Roller bearings employ cylindrical, conical, or spherical rollers, allowing them to handle significantly higher radial and/or axial loads. These bearings come in a range of designs for various applications.
Bearing Depot’s Range of Roller Bearings
Tapered Roller Bearings
Featuring a conical roller and raceway, Tapered Roller Bearings are arranged so that the axes of these meet at a common point on the bearing axis. These geometries allow them to accommodate large radial loads and axial thrust loads moving in one direction.
Automotive Industry: Wheel hubs, transmissions, differentials. Their ability to handle both radial loads from the vehicle's weight and axial loads from cornering makes them ideal.
Industrial Machinery: Gearboxes, rolling mills, machine tool spindles, and construction equipment. Their robust nature is well-suited for demanding environments.
Agriculture: Tractors and farming machinery.
Spherical Roller Bearings
These bearings are distinguishable by their two rows of symmetrical barrel-shaped rollers on the outer rim raceway. With the inner raceway having two raceways for each roller, the bearing can handle heavy radial loads and moderate axial loads in both directions. Their outer ring raceway accommodates for misalignment between the shaft and housing, so it can tolerate errors.
Mining and Construction: Conveyor belts, crushers, vibrating screens, and excavators. The rugged nature of these environments benefits greatly from their misalignment compensation.
Paper Mills: Paper machines and calenders.
Power Generation: Wind turbines, large gearboxes in power plants.x
Heavy Machinery: Pumps, fans, industrial transmissions.
Needle Roller Bearings
Needle roller bearings are characterised by their long, thin cylindrical rollers, which resemble needles. Their design allows for a very small radial cross-section, so they’re ideal for applications with limited space but high radial load capacity. The large number of rollers within the bearing provides a substantial contact area, enabling them to support significant radial loads.
Automotive Industry: Transmissions, universal joints, air conditioning compressors, rocker arm pivots.
Power Tools: Drills, saws, grinders.
Small Engines: Connecting rod ends.
Bicycles: Pedal assemblies.
Office Equipment: Copiers, printers.
Cylindrical Roller Bearings
Utilising cylindrical rollers that run on cylindrical raceways, this roller bearing has a large contact area. They are primarily suited to handling high radial loads and their multiple configurations mean they allow for varying degrees of axial displacement and a limited loads capacity.
Electric Motors: High radial loads and often high speeds.
Pumps and Compressors: Supporting rotating shafts.
Gearboxes: Handling radial forces from meshing gears.
Machine Tools: Spindles where high speed and precision are required.
Rolling Mills: Supporting the rolls.
Why Order Roller Bearings Online With Us?
In the fast-paced industrial world, you want reliability, efficiency and a comprehensive range of roller bearings to access for your projects. Our online bearing store means your new roller bearings are at your fingertips.
Our online store is always open, allowing you to browse, select, and order roller bearings at any time, from anywhere. No more waiting for business hours or dealing with time zone differences.
As leading bearing suppliers in the UK, we stock an extensive collection of not just roller bearings but bearings of all kinds, sizes and suitable for a range of applications and industries.
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