| Using any type of Equipments or Machineries, | | | | longevity of your bearings and machines. |
| roller bearings are prone to constraints and | | | | The load on the bearing has a massive impact on |
| sometimes even failure. In general the life span of | | | | the bearings life. If you load the bearing with |
| roller bearings will outlive the moving parts, | | | | excessive amounts this decreases the bearings |
| however if there is a problem with a machine and | | | | life by a factor of 8. This is even more severe |
| if it id the fault of bearings then it becomes costly | | | | with roller bearings as the bearing cannot move |
| as well as time consuming to repair or solve the | | | | the weight properly that it was not designed to |
| problem. Due to the recurring failures with roller | | | | move. Excessive loading of the bearing causes |
| bearings many a times lot of time is been spent in | | | | fatigue, meaning the roller bearing is working |
| doing failure analysis and from there we are | | | | harder than it should. It causes the bearing to |
| learning various problems that roller bearings are | | | | become damaged and deformed and damages |
| having in a particular machine to aid in rectifying | | | | the races as well. Overloading the bearing can also |
| the situation so it doesn't happen again. | | | | result in pushing out the lubricant between the |
| Bearings fail due to some reason but the problem | | | | bearing and the racer which causes metal on |
| with roller bearing is that they sometimes fail | | | | metal action which breaks the bearing even |
| when there is no good reason for the bearing to | | | | faster. |
| fail. For example when there is a static load | | | | Another reason why a bearing can fail is because |
| (where it is not rotating and therefore there is no | | | | of high temperatures. Every bearing has a |
| need for the roller bearings to be used) the small | | | | different maximum temperature it can reach |
| vibration creates pressure which squeezes out the | | | | before it harms the bearing, if this maximum |
| lubricant, bearings cannot work without lubricant | | | | temperature is exceeded the bearing's steel will |
| and therefore when the roller bearings do need to | | | | become disfigured. The heat softens the bearing |
| work they fail. | | | | and so the bearing cannot carry the weight it was |
| What are some reasons why bearings fail? | | | | designed to carry. Often if the cause of failure is |
| There are many reasons why roller bearings or | | | | temperature related the effect on the bearing is |
| any other types of bearings fail, however if we | | | | so severe that there is rarely anything left of the |
| are aware of these reasons you can be careful | | | | bearing to examine which doesn't help in the |
| not to fall into the traps and help prolong the | | | | failure analysis. get more.. |