Thursday 29 May 2014

Needle Roller Bearings - Structure, Types, Applications

Needle roller bearing is a type of bearing which is used to reduce the friction of rotational surface. It has needle or cylindrical roller element whose diameter is much less than their length. As needle roller element has small cross sectional length, which have large load - bearing capacity. And its rigidity is regarding of their volume. Moreover, it has less clearance that means difference between the diameters of shaft and bearing, so this bearing is more compact. Needle roller bearing is compact and light weight as well as which is replacing with sliding bearing. Inertial motion on needle ball bearing is limited, so which is idle option for application with oscillation motion. Needle roller is fit for bearing application where radial space is limited. As needle roller bearing configured as light weight, which reduces the weight of machineries.

Needle bearing has cylindrical roller element instead of using usual balls. In needle roller bearing, cage comprises with needle roller which length is four times bigger than their diameter. Due to cylindrical element diameter is smaller, which is reduces the size of bearings. So, this kind of bearing is suitable for bearing arrangement where radius space is smaller. Needle roller bearing has roller element and cage. Cages are used to direct rollers and it also act as housing of needle rollers. Cages are guide to rollers act parallel to axis. Needle bearings are obtainable with or without inner ring.

There are various kind of needle roller bearing in the basis of their configuration and operational method. Needle roller bearing is classified as two types in the basis of connecting rod application, such as connecting with large end and connecting with small end. This bearing type is used for connecting rod in reciprocating compressor and internal combustion engine. Drawn-cup needle roller bearing is one of the types of needle roller bearing. This bearing has outer ring and roller element which are both drawn from steel plate by precision deep drawing. Cage that directing the needle rollers. In this type, a special full complement roller is available as an option. Machined ring needle roller is one type of needle bearing. In which configuration, both inside and outside rings are available. In this bearing, needle roller is driven by side plate of the outer ring that is otherwise called as Rib. As a result of this, cage and roller are cannot separated from outer ring. Due to its low cross section height and large load capacity, this is well fit for space-saving design. This bearing is available in both single and double row type. It has machined outer ring which has high rigidity. So this bearing can be used with a housing made of light metal. Outer ring also have lubrication hole.

Needle roller bearings are used for various applications based their many factors like load factor, gear factor, etc. Needle bearings are commonly used for various applications like electrical machines, machine tools, measuring instruments, railway vehicles, automobiles, rolling mills, metal working machines, paper making machines, printing machines, aircraft, textile machines, electrical units, office equipment, crushers, agriculture machines, construction machines and cranes.

HR bearing is one of the pioneer manufacturers of bearings based in India, provides all kind of bearings like ball bearing, roller, needle roller, spherical roller, thrust roller, etc.

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