Name of Bearings | Range of Motion | Examples |
Ball Bearings | Around an axis, Linear, or Both | Conveyer Belts |
Mast Guide Bearings | Depends on Application | Raise and lower forklifts |
Pillow Block | Carry radial and thrust loads
Rolling |
Supports shafts |
Plain and Sleeve Bearings | Sliding, Linear | Vehicles, moving structures |
Turntable Bearings | Around an axis, Linear, | Lazy Susan’s, rotate trays |
Thrust Bearings | Thrust is parole to axis of rotation | Turbines, generators |
Spherical Plain Bearings | Radial or Axial | Mining, Heavy Moveable Structures |