Rolling bearings for industry and trade

Which rolling bearing is the right one for your purpose in terms of design and individual conception depends on various factors. The forces acting and the type of load are important influences.

Is it an axial force that acts or do radial forces arise? Is there a high or rather low speed in the area of application?

The load rating is another decisive factor to avoid unnecessary damage to your machines or equipment and to enable long service life. Environmental influences such as temperature or the proportion of dirt particles in the air are also important. How much may the component weigh and what installation space is available?

Depending on the application, the housing and all other components of the rolling bearing can be made of different materials.

There are different types of shaft seals for the shaft, which seal the component against the environment. This avoids contamination of the housing. A distinction is made between axial and radial shaft seals. They keep the shaft tight in the long term to ensure a particularly long service life.

As a ball bearing manufacturer, we advise you on the ideal materials that match the properties for your application and are cost-effective. In this way, FUD ensures that in the end the price is right and you get the best possible quality. It can be a good solution to make parts of the component, such as the cage or housing, out of plastic. This is lighter than metal.

Together with the experts from FUD, find the right design based on the influencing factors of your requirement.

Depending on the application, requirements and environmental influences, rolling bearings and their balls or rollers are selected. In addition to balls and rollers, barrels, needles, cylindrical or tapered rollers can be used.

This in turn leads to a particularly long service life of the components and thus of the entire machine and also to significant energy savings. Seals are used to keep lubricants inside the housing body and dirt particles outside.

The rolling elements all have the task of generating rolling friction and thus preventing the sliding friction that leads to wear, so that as little energy as possible is lost in the conversion and guidance of forces through the component, which at the same time reduces temperatures and minimises mechanical wear.

Axial bearings have the task of withstanding forces in the direction of the shaft. They are optimally suited for low speeds. A distinction is made between single direction and double direction axial bearings.

Radial bearings are used when radial forces are transmitted. In many cases, a radial bearing has the property of transmitting axial forces slightly. Radial bearings include deep groove ball bearings, cylindrical roller bearings, needle roller bearings and spherical roller bearings.

Ball bearings are the most commonly used form of rolling bearing as they offer the widest range of different dimensions. In addition, ball bearings are very cost-effective.

Tapered roller bearings can support very high loads in the radial and axial directions. As a rule, they are installed in pairs.

The cylindrical roller bearing is characterised by its large radial load carrying capacity.

Due to their design,toroidal roller bearings can simultaneously fulfil the function of a cylindrical roller bearing and a spherical roller bearing. They compensate for axial and angular misalignment by means of appropriately shaped rolling tracks without increasing friction.

A needle bearing has needle-shaped rolling elements with a large length compared to the diameter of the rolling element.

Spherical roller bearings are primarily designed for high impact-type radial forces. They are suitable for compensating misalignments.

The type of bearing that is right for you depends on what you want to use it for. The load and speed play an important role. Equally important for the right choice are temperature, vibration, lubrication, installation and maintenance. Other important questions are the type of load the bearing will take. Is it axial and radial forces, or is it a combination of different loads? The available space is also a decisive factor in selecting the right component. Let our expert staff advise you.