Machine Elements
Rolling bearings
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Arrangement of bearings
• A minimum of two bearings is needed to support and guide a rotating
shaft. Depending on the application it has to be designed as a locating-
non-locating bearing, a preloaded bearing or a floating mounting.
• Locating-non-locating bearing:
– Variations of bearing distance due to process tolerances and temperature
differences are adjusted by the non-locating bearing.
– A non-locating bearing is movable within the bearing itself, in the fit in the
housing or at the shaft.
– In contrast, a locating bearing can support thrust forces as it is completely
fixed in the axial direction.
• Preloaded bearing
– Two reversed mounted angular contact bearings or tapered roller bearings.
– The axial clearance of the bearing can be set.
• The floating mounting is an economical solution if a axial guide is
unnecessary. The shaft can be axially moved.
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Arrangement of bearings
Roloff/Matek: Maschinenelemente
Arrangement of bearings
Roloff/Matek: Maschinenelemente
tandem O X
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Roloff/Matek: Maschinenelemente
Locating/non-locating bearing I
Künne: Einführung in die Maschinenelemente
This example shows the design of a locating and non-locating bearing combination which will
be found rather frequently in practice. The shaft rotates while it is subjected to a stationary
load deriving from the gear wheel. The force is introduced by the mating gear. This load
situation leads to a rotation of the inner ring while the gear force is stationary. As the inner ring
is thus subjected to a peripheral force, it is mounted on the shaft with a press fit. In contrast to
the inner ring, the outer ring of the bearing is subjected to a lumped force and can therefore
be mounted into the housing by means of a loose fit or a press fit. The bearing on the left side
is designed as the locating bearing. The outer ring is fixed by a cap which is screwed to the
housing, whereas the inner ring sits close to the shaft shoulder on the one side and is fixed by
means of a distance bush on the other side. On the right hand side the bearing is designed as
a non-locating bearing. The inner ring is fixed in the same way as the locating one. The outer
ring can endure a certain movement as the outer ring is not fixed in the axial direction.
Locating/non-locating bearing II
Künne: Einführung in die Maschinenelemente
Due to the eccentric wheel, the force deriving from this device is a rotary one. This kind of
shaft could for example be the driving device for a vibratory plate. As the external force
(coming from the centrifugal force of the eccentric mass) rotates together with the shaft, the
force on the also rotating inner ring is a lumped force. As the outer ring of the bearings is
stationary, they are subjected to a peripherical force. Therefore the outer rings have to be
mounted into the housing by using a press fit, whereas the combination of inner ring and
shaft can optionally be realised by a press or a loose fit. Because of the load situation the
inner ring of one of the bearings is designed as the non-locating part.
In this example the non-locating bearing is realised by means of a cylindrical roller bearing.
The cylindrical roller bearing is capable of enduring higher radial loads than the ball bearing,
but apart from this advantage this bearing arrangement can be compared with the first one.
Locating/non-locating bearing IV
Künne: Einführung in die Maschinenelemente
In this example the load situation cannot be defined clearly with regard to lumped or
peripherical loads on the inner and outer ring. Because of the gear wheel and the eccentric
wheel both load cases are possible. For this reason both the outer and the inner ring should
be mounted on the shaft respectively into the housing by a press fit. Nevertheless one of the
bearings has to be designed as a non-locating bearing. Therefore a cylindrical roller bearing
is introduced, where the cylinder is not embedded in the inner ring and thus allows an axial
movement.
Locating/non-locating bearing V
Künne: Einführung in die Maschinenelemente
The design of this bearing situation is supposed to endure high radial as well as thrust
forces. The non-locating bearing is realised by means of a cylindrical roller bearing with a
„free“ inner ring. The locating bearing is designed as a combination of a ball bearing to
endure the thrust forces and a cylindrical roller bearing to endure the radial forces. Because
of this separation of the forces, the outer ring of the ball bearing has a radial clearance. As
the cylindrical roller of the second bearing is not embedded into the inner ring, it will definitely
not endre any thrust forces, thus realising a clear separation of the forces.
Locating/non-locating bearing VI
Künne: Einführung in die Maschinenelemente
In this case the bearing combination is designed by a pair of spherical roller bearings and
plummer blocks for roller bearings on both sides. With this solution misalignements can be
compensated. As the bearings are fixed on the shaft by means of clamping sleeves, it can
be manufactured from a simple blanc semifinished product, which must not be further cutted.
The driving device is also fixed on the shaft by means of a clamping sleeve. This way of fixation
should only be realised if a precise axial alignement of the mounted elements is not required.
This would for example be the case for the design of an axle of a simple railway vehicle,
whereas this kind of fixation (by means of clamping sleeves) would not be reasonable for a
gear system.
Roloff/Matek: Maschinenelemente
Roloff/Matek: Maschinenelemente
Fa F
≤e ? a >e
Fr Fr
equivalent
P = X·Fr + Y·Fa
radial load
p
= ⎛⎜ ⎞⎟
C
expected life in revolutions L10 ,U
⎝P⎠
L U ,10
expected life in operating hours L10 ,h = = taken from manufacturers catalogue
n = taken from calculation of reaction forces
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application
type
C0
static index fs = ≥ f s min
P0
inner diameter d 40 mm Fa Fa
f 0 ⋅ Fa ≤e >e
outer diameter D 80 mm e Fr Fr
C0
X Y X Y
width B 18 mm
0.3 0.22 1 0 0.56 2
radius rs min 1.1 mm
0.5 0.24 1 0 0.56 1.8
factor f0 14
0.9 0.28 1 0 0.56 1.58
basic static load rating C0 18 kN
1.6 0.32 1 0 0.56 1.4
basic dynamic load rating C 29 kN
3 0.36 1 0 0.56 1.2
speed limit 20000 min-1
6 0.43 1 0 0.56 1
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Slide bearings
Modes of friction
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1 moving body
2 stationary body
3 lubricant
4 movement
5 load
Comparison between
rolling bearings and slide bearings
• Starting friction is low – a desirable • Operation is quieter than with
feature for intermittent service or rolling bearings, especially after
for starting at low temperatures. first wear effects.
• Loads can be inclined at any angle • There is less difficulty with
in the transverse plane. fatigue.
• Maintenance costs are low. • First cost is usually lower.
• Bearings are easily replaced when • They are less easily injured by
worn out. foreign particles.
• Less axial space is required than • Less radial space is required than
for slide bearings. Shafts are thus for rolling bearings.
shorter, and may even be smaller
in diameter • They are better suited to overload
• Thrust loads can be supported. and shock conditions.
Spotts / Shoup: Design of Machine Elements
Decker: Maschinenelemente
The lubricating grooves have to be positioned outside the pressure zone (a) of the
slide bearing. Otherwise the supporting oil film will be interrupted (b).
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Because of the viscous shear stresses developed in the oil, the moving journal
draws oil into the converging, wedge-shaped area above the region of contact.
The resulting pumping action produces a pressure in the oil film which lifts the
journal from the bearing. The boundary lubrication and the mixed-film lubrication
precede the full-film lubrication.
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Decker: Maschinenelemente
Decker: Maschinenelemente
Decker: Maschinenelemente
Bearing materials
• Tin- and lead-base babbitts: quickly run in, assume very smooth
surfaces, good conformability and embeddability
• Bronze: suitable for high loads and slow speeds, low misalignments
• Copper lead: suitable for high loads, low misalignments
• Cast-iron: bearing can be lubricated by graphite inclusions in case of
missing lubricant
• Porous bearings: “self lubricating” bearings are made of sintering
powdered metal and then impregnated with oil.
• Carbon and plastic: for high temperature service, teflon has an
extremely low coefficient of friction, no lubricant is required; high loads
• Laminated phenolic bearings: plastic bearings formed by impregnated
paper with the phenolic resin, formed into shape and then curing by heat
and pressure; good resistance against corrosion, fatigue and shock
• Rubber and wood
• Bonded coatings Spotts / Shoup: Design of Machine Elements
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