What is bearing?

What is Bearing? Bearings are machine elements that allow components to move with respect to each other. There are two types of bearings: contact and non-contact. Contact-type bearings have mechanical contact with equipment, which includes sliding, rolling, or flexural bearings.

What is a loader slot bearing?

A loader slot bearing is a non-swaged bearing type. The spherical race I.D. is fully machined, case hardened, and lapped. The race has entry slots machined 180° apart into one face of the race to facilitate assembly of the ball. Attributes of this design are: Non-swageable race materials can be used.

What is a swage bearing?

This bearing is manufactured by swaging a ductile race around a hardened ball. The race is machined and the assembly loosened (released) to obtain proper clearance or torque, or both, and then ground to finished size. Swaged sphericals normally feature 80% to 100% contact between the race I.D. and the ball O.D.

What is a fluid bearing?

Fluid Bearings Fluid bearing is a special type of bearing that relies on pressurized gas or liquid to carry the load and eliminate friction. These bearings are used to replace metallic bearings in applications where they would have a short life in addition to high noise and vibration levels. They are also increasingly being used to cut costs.