【文章內(nèi)容簡介】
ng on the basis of load rating will usually secure satisfactory performance. The deflection of the bearing elements will bee important where loads are high, although this is usuallyof less magnitude than that of the shafts or other ponents associated with the bearing. Where speeds are high special cooling arrangements bee necessary which may increase frictional drag. Wear is primarily associated with the introduction of contaminants, and sealing arrangements must be chosen with regard the hostility of the environment. Because the high quality and low price of ball and roller bearings depends on quantity production, the task of the machine designer bees one of selection rather than design. Rollingcontact bearings are generally made with ateel which is throughhardened toabout 900HV,although in many mechanisms special races are not provided and the interacting surfaces are hardened to about 600 HV. It is not surprising that, owing to the high stresses involved, a predominant form of failure should be metal fatigue, and a good deal of work is currently in progress intended to improve the reliability of this type of bearing. Design can be 5 based on accepted values of life and it is generral practice in the bearing industry to define the load capacity of the bearing as that value below which 90 lpercent of a batch will exceed a lift of ane million revolutions. Notwithstanding the fact that responsibility for the basic design of ball and roller bearings rests with the bearing manufacturer, the machine designer must form a correct appreciation of the duty to be performed by the bearing and be concerned not only with bearing selection but with the conditions for correct installation. The fit of the bearing races onto the shaft or onto the housings is of critical importance because of their bined effect on the internal clearance of the bearing as well as preserving the desired degree of interference fit. Inadequate interference can induce serious trouble from fretting corrosion. The inner race is frequently located axially by abutting against a shoulder. A radius at this point is essential for the avoidance of stress concentration and ball races are provides with a radius or chamfer to a