2. Bearing terminology | ZKL Group
Menu
2. Bearing terminology 2. Bearing terminology

2. Bearing terminology

Authorized distributor
Find a distributor
Technischer Support:
An illustrative description of terms that characterize individual types of bearings can be seen in the following pictures.

2.1 Radial bearings (fig. 2.1 and 2.2)

  1. Inner race
  2. Outer race
  3. Roller-bearing casing – bearing ball, roller, spherical roller, tapered roller
  4. Bearing cage
  5. Gland, housing
  6. External cylindrical bearing surface
  7. Bearing hole
  8. Cylindrical surface of inner ring shoulder
  9. Cylindrical surface of outer ring shoulder
  10. Snap ring groove
  11. Snap ring
  12. Outer ring face
  13. Gland packing groove
  14. Outer ring orbit
  15. Inner ring orbit
  16. Bearing seal recess
  17. Inner ring face
  18. Installation fillet
  19. Bearing mean diameter
  20. Overall bearing width
  21. Guiding collar
  22. Support collar
  23. Contact angle
 
fig. 2.1

fig. 2.2

2.2 Radial bearings (fig. 2.3 to 2.5)

  1. Shaft ring
  2. Cage with rollers
  3. Casing ring
  4. Casing ring with spherical bearing surface
  5. Supporting ring
 

fig. 2.3

fig. 2.4

fig. 2.5