Basics of Bearings

Description

INTRODUCTION

Bearings are an integral part of anything that rotates, be it your car, the bus you use for community transport, the aircraft that you travel in for vacation or on business, any industrial machine like power plant equipment or wind mills. The applications are endless.

Our specialization series on Bearing Application and Theory provides a detailed introduction the basics of bearings, basics of bearing failures, popular types of bearings and will study design concepts concerning fits and tolerances.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

This course on Basics of Bearings is the FIRST of our specialization series on Bearing Application and Theory. It is designed as an introduction to professionals that wish to gain a basic knowledge of working with bearings.

The objective of this series is to help gain understanding of the basic parameters behind use of bearings, the designation, important design features, failures, lubrication and some popular bearing types. We will also offer some basic trouble shooting tips. The series covers these concepts with enough details that provide the participants of this course an introduction to working with bearings and its applications.

At the end of the course, the participants will be exposed to concepts to make them familiar with the evolution of bearings, the different types of bearings, their applications and reasons behind their selection. Participants will understand how to decipher a bearing designation and understand the significance of several numbers and alphabets in the bearing naming nomenclature. The course will also discuss the construction of a bearing and its base components.

WHO SHOULD TAKE THIS COURSE

Our specialization on Bearing Application and Theory is a series of courses that are designed to help those that need basic and intermediate knowledge of bearings. It is for those that do not have any previous knowledge of bearings but need to learn in detail about bearings because the job demands it or are working on a specific project that relates to bearings.

It is designed for a wide variety of audiences like:

• Engineers
• Supervisors
• Managers
• Sales Manager
• Support professionals
• Quality Engineers and managers
• Maintenance, Reliability or Condition monitoring professionals

 COURSE CONTENT 

• INTRODUCTION
• BEARING BASICS
  • Definition of a Bearing
  • Rolling and Sliding friction
  • Bearing
  • Roller and Ball Raceway Contact
  • Roller Types
  • Ball and Roller Bearing Ranges
• SELECTION OF BEARING TYPE
  • Parameters
  • Available Space
  • Speed
  • Load : Magnitude and Direction
  • Misalignment
  • Quiet Running
• REAL LIFE EXAMPLE
  • Movie
  • Discussion of Movie
• COMPONENTS
  • Bearing Components
  • Cage Materials
• DESIGNATION
  • Analogy
  • Basic Designation System – Metric
  • Basic Designation System – Inch
• SUPPLEMENTARY DESIGNATIONS – Suffix groups
• SUPPLEMENTARY DESIGNATIONS – Seal
  • Shields and Seals
  • Seal Selection Guidelines
• SUPPLEMENTARY DESIGNATIONS – Internal Clearance
  • Internal Clearance
  • Influencing Parameters
  • Effect on Bearing Life
• REFERENCES & COURSE HANDOUTS
• FINAL QUIZ