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Spherical Roller Bearings

Commonly found in the steel industry, the spherical roller bearings have many options including tapered bore, sealing, various grease types and mounting arrangements. Spherical roller bearings are able to adjust center alignment to handle inclination of the axle or shaft. It has an outer ring with a spherical raceway surface and an inner ring, which holds two rows of barrel-shaped rolling elements.

Spherical roller bearings can easily be mounted on a shaft by means of an adapter or withdrawal sleeve. The bearing is capable of supporting heavy loads, and is therefore often used in industrial machinery. When heavy axial load is applied to the bearing, the load on rollers of another row is disappeared, and can cause problems. Attention must therefore be paid to operating conditions.

Physical Characteristics
  • Spherical roller bearings consist of an outer ring having a continuous spherical raceway
  • Within which operates two rows of barrel-shaped rollers which are in turn guided by an inner ring with two raceways separated by a center rib.
  • This bearing has self-aligning properties, and therefore is suited for use where misalignment between the inner and outer rings occurs from housing installation error or shaft flexure.
  • Spherical roller bearings have a large capacity for radial loads, axial loads in either direction, and complex loads. .
In addition to bearings with cylindrical bore, those with tapered bore are also available. Bearings with tapered bore are specified by attaching the suffix "K" to the end of the bearing's basic number. The standard taper ratio is 1:12 for bearings with a "K" suffix, but for bearings in series 240 and 241 the suffix "K30" indicates the taper ratio for a bearing is 1:30. Most tapered bore bearings incorporate the use of adapters and withdrawal sleeves for shaft mounting.

Types Of Spherical roller bearings

Type Standard type (B type) C type 213 type E type
Construction
Bearing series Does not include C type Series 222, 223, and 213 with bore dia. of 50 mm or less; series 24024 to 24038. Series 213 with bore dia. of 55 mm or more Series 22211 to 22218
Rollers Asymmetrical Symmetrical Asymmetrical Symmetrical
Roller guide method Unified inner ring center rib By guide ring between the 2 rows of rollers By guide ring between rows of rollers on outer ring raceway High precision cage (no guide ring, center rib)
cage type Pressed cage; machined cage Pressed cage Machined cage Molded resin cage

Other types are:

Sealed Bearings
Sealed spherical roller bearings are used when the load is heavy and the other conditions may not be favorable. The seal has two washers, one to be attached to the inner ring and one to the outer. When the inner ring rotates, the washer acts as a flinger.

Bearings For Vibrating Screens
Vibratory applications, such as vibrating screens or exciters, induce accelerations of rollers and cages in the bearings thus exerting more on the bearing. These bearings may have cylindrical or tapered bores

Spherical roller bearings Specifications & Standards

Dimensions - The boundary dimensions of the drawn cup needle roller bearings are in accordance with ISO.

Tolerance - They are usually meant for normal tolerance but can be enhanced.

Standard cage types - Standard cage types for spherical roller bearings are shown in the table below. In general, pressed cages are standard for small sized bearings, and machined cages are standard for large sized bearings.

E type bearings use as their standard cage type a cage molded from a newly developed glass fiber reinforced polyamide 46 resin, which has excellent heat resistance qualities (allowable operating temperatures up to 150°C), strength, as well as unsurpassed oil resistance. A standard cage may however not be able to be used for high-speed specifications, in high temperature atmospheres, or under excessive vibration/impact conditions.

Allowable misalignment - Spherical roller bearings possess the same self-aligning properties as other self-aligning bearings. The allowable misalignment angle will vary according to dimension series and load conditions, but the following misalignment angles are generally standard:

Normal load (loads equivalent to 0.09 Cr): …………0.009rad (0.5°)
Light load: …………………………………………………0.035rad (2°)


Internal Clearance - Spherical roller bearings are produced as standard with Normal radial internal clearance and most are also available with a greater C3 clearance.

Radial Internal Clearance of Spherical Roller Bearings with Cylindrical Bore

Bore diameter Radial internal clearance
d C2 Normal C3 C4 C5
over incl. min max min max min max min max min max

mm

18 24 10 20 20 35 35 45 45 60 60 75
24 30 15 25 25 40 40 55 55 75 75 95
30 40 15 30 30 45 45 60 60 80 80 100
                       
40 50 20 35 35 55 55 75 75 100 100 125
50 65 20 40 40 65 65 90 90 120 120 150
65 80 30 50 50 80 80 110 110 145 145 185
                       
80 100 35 60 60 100 100 135 135 180 180 225
100 120 40 75 75 120 120 160 160 210 210 260
120 140 50 95 95 145 145 190 190 240 240 300
                       
140 160 60 110 110 170 170 220 220 280 280 350
160 180 65 120 120 180 180 240 240 310 310 390
180 200 70 130 130 200 200 260 260 340 340 430
                       
200 225 80 140 140 220 220 290 290 380 380 470
225 250 90 150 150 240 240 320 320 420 420 520
250 280 100 170 170 260 260 350 350 460 460 570
                       
280 315 110 190 190 280 280 370 370 500 500 630
315 355 120 200 200 310 310 410 410 550 550 690
355 400 130 220 220 340 340 450 450 600 600 750
                       
400 450 140 240 240 370 370 500 500 660 660 820
450 500 140 260 260 410 410 550 550 720 720 900
500 560 150 280 280 440 440 600 600 780 780 1 000
                       
560 630 170 310 310 480 480 650 650 850 850 1 100
630 710 190 350 350 530 530 700 700 920 920 1 190
710 800 210 390 390 580 580 770 770 1 010 1 010 1 300
                       
800 900 230 430 430 650 650 860 860 1 120 1 120 1 440
900 1 000 260 480 480 710 710 930 930 1 220 1 220 1 570
1 000 1 120 290 530 530 780 780 1 020 1 020 1 330 1 330 1 720
                       
1 120 1 250 320 580 580 860 860 1 120 1 120 1 460 1 460 1 870
1 250 1 400 350 640 640 950 950 1 240 1 240 1 620 1 620 2 060
1 400 1 600 400 720 720 1 060 1 060 1 380 1 380 1 800 1 800 2 300
                       
1 600 1 800 450 810 810 1 180 1 180 1 550 1 550 2 000 2 000 2 550


Adapters and Withdrawal Sleeves af Spherical Roller Bearings

Adapters are used for installation of bearings with tapered bore on cylindrical shafts. Withdrawal sleeves are also used to install and disassemble bearings with tapered bore onto and off of cylindrical shafts. In disassembling the bearing from the shaft, the nut is pressed down against the edge of the inner ring utilizing the bolt provided on the withdrawal sleeve, and then the sleeve is drawn away from the bearing's inner diameter surface. (Precision of adapter and withdrawal sleeve are stipulated JIS B 1552 and JIS B 1556).

For bearings with a bore diameter of 200 mm or more, high pressure oil (hydraulic) type adapters and withdrawal sleeves have been standardized to make installation and disassembly easier. As shown in the diagram construction is designed to reduce friction by injecting high pressure oil between the surfaces of the adapter sleeve and bearing inner bore by means of a pressure fitting.

If the oil supply inlet is attached in the nut side of the adapter, the supplementary suffix "HF" should be added to the bearing number; if the oil supply inlet is attached on the opposite side, the suffix "HB" should be added to the bearing number. For adapter sleeves, the supplementary suffix "H" is added to the bearing's number in both cases.

The hydraulic sleeve nut is equipped with holes for bolts used for mounting and dismounting and holes for hydraulic piping. The suffix SP or SPB is added to the bearing number of the nut.






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