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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Pocket

Machine tools; Bearings

The portion of a cage shaped to hold the ball or roller. Also Ball Pocket; Roller Pocket.

Raceway diameter

Machine tools; Bearings

Inner Ring -- the outer dimension across the diameter from raceway bottom to raceway bottom. Outer Ring -- the inner dimension across the diameter from raceway bottom to raceway bottom.

Raceway

Machine tools; Bearings

The ball or roller path; cut in the inner and outer ring in which the balls or rollers ride. Also Guide Path; Race; Ball Path; Roller Path.

Races

Machine tools; Bearings

The surfaces on the cup and cone where the rolling elements make contact.

Preload

Machine tools; Bearings

An internal loading characteristic in a bearing which is independent of any external radial and/or axial load carried by the bearing.

Radial load

Machine tools; Bearings

A load applied perpendicular to the axis of the shaft.

Radial clearance

Machine tools; Bearings

The radial internal clearance of a single row radial contact ball bearing is the average outer ring race diameter, minus the average inner ring race diameter, minus twice the ball diameter.