Rolling bearing preload purpose and bearing preload direction method

1. What is bearing preload?

The pre-tightening of a rolling bearing refers to a certain initial pressure and pre-deformation between the bearing rolling element and the inner and outer rings when the bearing is installed, so as to keep the inner and outer rings of the bearing in a compressed state, so that the bearing is under working load. Operate in a state of negative clearance.

2. What is the purpose of bearing preload?

The purpose of bearing pre-tightening is to increase the stiffness of the bearing; make the rotating shaft position correctly in the axial and radial directions, improve the rotation accuracy of the shaft; reduce the vibration and noise of the shaft, and reduce the rolling element relative to the inner part caused by the moment of inertia. , The sliding of the outer ring raceway; to compensate for changes in the internal clearance of the bearing caused by wear; to extend the life of the bearing.

3. What are the bearing preload directions?

Bearings can be divided into axial preload and radial preload according to the direction of preload. In practical applications, ball bearings mostly use axial preload, and cylindrical roller bearings use radial preload. When two angular contact ball bearings or tapered roller bearings of the same model are installed in pairs, according to the method of applying preload, the axial preload is divided into positioning preload and constant pressure preload.

1. Positioning preload

Positioning preload refers to an axial preload method in which the axial position of the bearing remains unchanged during use. As shown in Figure 1 below, a certain preload can be obtained by adjusting the width of the spacer between the two bearings the amount.