Spherical Plain Bearing ? Reputed and reliable bearings

Posted by rima chauhan on March 15th, 2018

People who are new to industrial world or bearings may not believe how even heavy machinery depends on this simple element. Not only in industrial world but also in everyday items like mixer grinder, washing machine, chairs and many more, bearings are used in abundance.

One can understand the actual benefits and importance of bearings only when its different types and subtypes are known clearly. Yes, there are numerous types and subtypes of bearings available in the market today, where each type has its own importance and demand.

When we talk about different types, angular contact ball bearing is the one that is best used by many people. It is especially designed to meet demanding requirements of different types of equipments. This bearing has a contact angle where it sustains significant axial loads in single direction with radial loads.

This bearing type is usually made up of chrome steel and is mounted in a group of two or more opposed preload units. There are many manufactures in the market who manufacture more than three dimensional series for angular contact ball bearing in terms of higher speeds or loads where one can pick this series of their choice.
 
Similarly, spherical plain bearing also have best popularity in the world where it fulfills the need of equipments where rotational motion is required. Some of the most common applications where this bearing type is used are: car suspensions, heavy machinery, sewing machines and many more.

Characteristics of Spherical Plain Bearing

Almost all operating equipments today have great requirement of this bearing type. Some of the characteristics of spherical plain bearing are:

• Reverse Thrust Load
• Radial Load
• Misalignment Capability
• Adjustable clearance
• Reverse Radial Load
• Unidirectional Load

This bearing type is mainly divided into two types namely maintenance free spherical plain bearings and lubrications spherical plain bearings. One can choose the spherical bearing type of their choice depending upon their need. One of the other popular bearing types is pillow block bearing which have balanced engineering design and have specific importance in many industries. Wherever high performance and high load capacity is needed there this pillow block bearing plays pivotal role.

All bearing types have its own importance in every corner of the world where one can make great use of these simple yet important mechanical devices by grabbing enough information about its uses and specifications.

Author Bio – Rima Chauhan has done an engineering professional who has immense of experience in automobile engineering, she wrote many interesting contents on automobile industry and spherical plain bearing.