Rolling Bearings:

Rolling elements provide the low friction interface

Ball Bearings Cylindrical Bearings

Outer race

Rolling element

Inner race
Separator

Rolling bearings:
- Low starting and running friction
- Precision
- High stiffness
- Finite life
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 Rolling Bearings: Variety

Double-row angular contact Thrust Needle

See textbook for more examples

Like many ‘standard’ mechanical components, bearings:
- Are rarely designed from scratch
- Are available and tested in standard sizes
- Involve analysis, selection, and mounting
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 Bearings: Standard Sizes

Bore

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 Bearings: Typical Problem

Given power transmitted, speed of rotation, space constraints,

select, analyze and mount bearings to meet requirements.
What type of stress (axial, torsion, …)?
Static or fatigue?

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 Bearings: Load Capacity

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 Bearings: Load Capacity

What load Fr can this bearing

handle if it has to last 90x106
revolutions with 90% reliability?
Assume no impact or axial load.

From Table 14.1, 207 bearing corresponds to 35 mm bore

From Table 14.2, 35 mm bore, 200 series radial
bearing has a load capacity of 8.5kN
Answer: 8.5 kN (A simple table look-up)
No Hertzian stress calculations needed.

What load can it bear if desired life is 90x107 cycles with

95% reliability? No more a simple table look-up
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