Gregory Bender

Types of bearings

Basic bearing cross-reference information.

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One way to categorize bearings is by the type of rolling element they use. Using this method, there are five types of bearings:

Ball bearings

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Cylindrical roller bearings

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Needle roller bearings

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Tapered roller bearings

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Spherical roller bearings

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