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Three Ways of Roller Bearing Cage Guide

Time:2021.07.29  Source:Roller Bearings Suppliers

Three Ways of Roller Bearing Cage Guide


Cage (namely bearing cage, also known as bearing retainer), refers to the part of the bearing that partially wraps all or part of the rolling body, and moves with it, to isolate the rolling body, and usually guide the rolling body and keep it in the bearing.


When rolling bearings are working, bearing heating and wear are caused by sliding friction. Especially under high temperature operation conditions, the effect of inertial centrifugal force intensifies friction, wear and heating, which will cause cage burns or fractures in serious cases, causing the bearing to fail to work normally.Therefore, in addition to a certain strength, the material required for the cage must also have good thermal conductivity, small friction coefficient, good wear resistance, strong impact toughness, small density and linear expansion coefficient close to the rolling body.


In addition, the pressing cage needs to undergo more complex stamping deformation, but also requires that the material has good processing performance.Some of the most demanding cages are covered with a layer of silver.


There are three general guiding modes of bearing cage: rolling body guiding, inner ring guiding and outer ring guiding.Click here to learn more about WSBC 21319 E

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Rolling body guide:

General design of the standard structure of guide roller, such as short cylindrical roller bearing, the guide roller and cage and out of touch with both internal and external circle surface of the guard, cage can be common, but under the high speed roller speed increased, the rotation is not stable, so the guide roller is suitable for medium and medium load, such as gear box bearing, etc.


The bearing cage guided by the rolling body is located in the middle part of the rolling body.There is no contact and collision between cage and bearing inner and outer ring. The collision between cage and roller corrects the movement of roller and separates rollers in a certain equidistant position.


Outer ring guide:

The outer ring is generally static, and the outer ring guide is convenient for lubricating oil to enter the guide surface and raceway.The high speed gearbox is lubricated by oil mist and guided by a rotating inner ring will squeeze out the oil.The bearing cage guided by the outer ring is located on the side of the rolling body near the outer ring. When the bearing is running, the bearing cage may collide with the outer ring of the bearing so as to correct the position of the cage.


The outer ring is used for high speed and stable load. Take cylindrical roller bearing for example, it only bears a fixed value of axial load. When rotating, the rotating speed of each rolling body changes little, and the rotation of the cage is not unbalanced.


Inner ring guide:

The inner ring is generally a rotating ring, and in the rotation of the rolling body to drag torque, if the bearing load is unstable, or light load, there will be skid.


The cage with internal guide, the guide surface of the cage formed an oil film, because of the friction of the oil film in the non-load area ring to the cage to drag power to increase the cage on the rolling body additional driving torque, and can prevent skid.


The bearing cage guided by the inner ring is located in the position of the rolling body near the inner ring. When the bearing is running, the cage may collide with the bearing inner ring, so as to correct the cage position.Need WSBC 22208 E,pls click here to learn more.

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The three cage guiding modes may appear in different types of bearings, including performance reasons, design, manufacturing and other reasons of the bearing itself.The engineer can choose as needed.But sometimes engineers don't have a choice.However, the different performance of the different cage guiding modes should be noted.


The differences between the three cages are mainly as follows: The performance differences of the bearings guided by the three cages are mainly reflected in the speed performance differences under different lubrication conditions.All three cage types of bearings can be used for oil and grease lubrication.


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