Thrust Roller Bearing – Best for Very High Axial Speed Application

The performance and design of any bearing is depends on its reliability and performance. Every bearing has its own usage and quality whether it’s small machines or big one with heavy load and its nomenclature. The performance of the machine completely depends on how the parts are arranged.

Roller Thrust bearing | Image Resource : indiamart.com

It is an art of engineering, wherein various components from tiny to big one function in sync for the machine to operate effectively and smoothly.  Just like other bearing thrust bearing is a special kind of rotary bearing which permits rotation between several parts but they are especially design to supports predominantly only axial load. It happens when load act along with the axis of the rotation. It is all possible due to Newton’s third Law.

Know About Its Structure and Specification

In our daily activity we see many examples of thrust bearing like when we are pushing a box with weight in that condition a force is acting downwards. Same way hammering a nail into the ground a force acts and these forces are acting perpendicular to the surface. Total force acting perpendicular to the surface is termed as Thrust.

Thrust bearing is a rotary bearing which permits rotation between two parts. They support axial load predominantly. It is design for heavy thrust load. They are mostly used in application which needed higher speed with presence of oil lubrication such as automotive industries or in aerospace.

These bearing are self-aligning. It allows a maximum shaft misalignment. The contact angle of bearing is to handle small amount of radial loads. This particularly designed in order to support a high axial load parallel to the shaft. Thrust bearings is available in different equipment like mixer, blenders, gym or fitness equipment, bicycle, DVD players, water pump, washing machine, fan, rocket and many more.

Whereas spherical roller thrust bearing is concern it is especially design for cover a large number of asymmetric roller. It is a roller washer raceway for load distribution with roller length. So it is very high in speed, with heavy axial load, and also a heavy axial load especially in one direction. It is basically a thin layer of pressurized of liquid which gives low drag.

Few common applications of Spherical thrust are Water Turbines, Cranes, Gearboxes, Equipment for Pulp &paper processing, Spherical Marines and Offshore drilling and many more applications. Roller Thrust bearing is very useful for heavy load. As we all know that machine functions on various small parts understanding and proper usage can enhance the performance and ensure longer durability.

There are various manufacturers in the market both reputed Indian companies and foreign players. While choosing a particular type of bearing, it’s advised to go through the catalogue.