Thrust (Axial) Cylindrical Roller Bearings

As a rule, one of the bear­ing wash­ers is pro­duced tight to fit on the shaft; the others are free to be in­stalled in the hous­ing. Usu­al­ly thrust (ax­i­al) roller bear­ings are pro­duced split, which sim­pli­fies their mount­ing, but for spe­cial ap­pli­ca­tions they can have stamped pro­tec­tive shield, which makes the whole con­struc­tion un­de­tach­able. To re­duce the size of the bear­ing unit in the ax­i­al di­rec­tion, it is pos­si­ble to use the thrust bear­ing with­out a one wash­er or with­out the wash­ers at all, with the ap­pro­pri­ate treat­ment of bear­ing ac­com­pa­ny­ing com­po­nents; or to use the needle thrust bear­ing wash­ers.

Thrust (ax­i­al) cylin­dri­cal roller bear­ings are usu­al­ly equipped with long-last­ing and durable cages of glass fiber re­in­forced polyamide or with ma­chined brass or alu­minum al­loys cages.