Share Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Selecting Bearing Type Bearing typepurely radial loadpurely axial loadcombined loadmoment loadhigh speedhigh running accuracyhigh stiffnessquiet runninglow frictioncompensation for missalligment in operationcompensation for errors of alignment (initial)locating bearing arrangementsnon-locating bearing arrangementsaxial displacement possible in bearingBall single-row+++-+++++++++++++--++++--Ball double-row+++-+++++++++++++--++++--Ball self-aligning+++-+++++++++++++--++++--Ball angular contact++++-++++++++++--++----Ball (back-to-back)+++++++++++++----+++--Ball four-point contact-+++++++++----++---Cylindrical roller N,NU++------+++++++++++----++++++NU, NUP++++--++++++++++--+++double-row+++----++++++++++++++------++++++Full complement cyl. roller++++----++++----+++double-row+++----++++++++++++++----+++Needle roller++------+++++-------++++++Spherical roller+++++++--++++++++++++++--Taper roller+++++++--+++++++--++----(face-to-face)++++++++-+++++++--++++--Thrust ball--+----++++-+----+----with spherical housing washer--+----+++-+-- +----Thrust cylindrical roller--++-----++++------+----Thrust needle roller--++-----+++------+----Thrust spherical roller--++++--++++-++++++++---- Used Symbols +++excellent++good+satisfactory-wrong--inconvenient Parent page: Bearing Generator Calculation Formulas