EP0000703A1 - A self-aligning two row thrust roller bearing - Google Patents

A self-aligning two row thrust roller bearing Download PDF

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EP0000703A1
EP0000703A1 EP7878100340A EP78100340A EP0000703A1 EP 0000703 A1 EP0000703 A1 EP 0000703A1 EP 7878100340 A EP7878100340 A EP 7878100340A EP 78100340 A EP78100340 A EP 78100340A EP 0000703 A1 EP0000703 A1 EP 0000703A1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16C—SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
    • F16C19/00—Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement
    • F16C19/22—Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing rollers essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows, e.g. needle bearings
    • F16C19/30—Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing rollers essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows, e.g. needle bearings for axial load mainly
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16C—SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
    • F16C19/00—Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement
    • F16C19/22—Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing rollers essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows, e.g. needle bearings
    • F16C19/34—Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing rollers essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows, e.g. needle bearings for both radial and axial load
    • F16C19/38—Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing rollers essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows, e.g. needle bearings for both radial and axial load with two or more rows of rollers
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16C—SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
    • F16C23/00—Bearings for exclusively rotary movement adjustable for aligning or positioning
    • F16C23/06—Ball or roller bearings
    • F16C23/08—Ball or roller bearings self-adjusting
    • F16C23/082—Ball or roller bearings self-adjusting by means of at least one substantially spherical surface
    • F16C23/086—Ball or roller bearings self-adjusting by means of at least one substantially spherical surface forming a track for rolling elements

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  • This invention relates to a self-aligning thrust roller bearing incorporating at least two coaxial race tracks and a number of rollers provided between the race tracks and in engagement with these, said rollers being arranged in at least two rows beside each other, the race tracks and the rollers being curved in axial section and the axes of the rollers being inclined in the same direction relative to the bearing axis.
  • Spherical thrust roller bearings are earlier known. These bearings generally have one row of unsymmetrical rollers, one bearing ring with a spherical race track and one bearing ring with a roller guiding flange.
  • Rings having flanges are expensive to manufacture and bearings having such rings have a high starting friction. It is thus desirable to avoid the need of the flange.
  • a possible method for avoiding a flange is to use symmetrical rollers.
  • a roller is in this respect considered to be symmetrical if it can be divided in two congruent halves with a cross sectional plane half way between the ends of the roller.
  • Symmetrical rollers having such a large axial extension and being arranged with such a large angle between the roller axis and the bearing axis as the rollers appearing in spherical thrust bearings are however difficult to guide with a desired precision.
  • the sliding in the contact points between the roller and the race track will be large, which leads to power losses and a risk for bearing failure due to the generated friction heat,
  • the purpose of the present invention is to provide a bearing of the type defined in the preamble, wherein a good roller guiding is obtained without a flange on one of the rings and which has low friction at start and during operation.
  • the bearing has two rings 1 and 2 each having two axial race tracks for a number of symmetrical rollers 3,4 provided between the rings, which rollers are arranged in double rows, whereby the rollers in both rows are preferably identical.
  • the roller rows are situated side by side and the axes 5,6 of the rollers in each roller row are inclined in the same direction relative to the bearing axis 7.
  • the race track of the ring 2 has preferably a spherical surface, which means that the ring 1 and the set of rollers with the rollers 3,4 and roller cage 8 can be freely tilted relative to the ring 2 without causing a too high contact pressure at the contact between the roller and the race track. If only a limited self-alignment is aimed at, it is possible to let the surface of the race track be non-apherioal.
  • rollers of the two rows in a beari ag according to the invention always have the same revolution angular speed relative to the bearing rings, as the bearing rings rotate relative to each other.
  • a single cage can thus be used for both roller rows wi thout risking that the rollers of one row will influence the rollers of the other row through the cage.
  • the bearing Besides being space saving the use of one single cage means that the bearing ; will be more easy to manufacture and to handle as it incorporates as few separate parts as possible
  • the mean angle between the bearing axis and the roller axes can for instance be chosen be tween 20° and 90°.
  • the bearing can also be provided with three or more rows of rollers if it is desired to produce an extra large load capacity and a low relative sliding.
  • the race tracks can also be arranged on more than two rings.

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Abstract

A self-aligning two row thrust roller bearing comprises two rows of rollers (3,4) between coaxial race tracks (1,2). The axes (5,6) of the rollers (3,4) in both rows are inclined in the same direction relative to the bearing axis (7). All rollers are symmetrical around central cross sectional planes through the respective rollers, the rollers being guided without the aid of any flange engaging the roller ends.

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  • This invention relates to a self-aligning thrust roller bearing incorporating at least two coaxial race tracks and a number of rollers provided between the race tracks and in engagement with these, said rollers being arranged in at least two rows beside each other, the race tracks and the rollers being curved in axial section and the axes of the rollers being inclined in the same direction relative to the bearing axis.
  • Spherical thrust roller bearings are earlier known. These bearings generally have one row of unsymmetrical rollers, one bearing ring with a spherical race track and one bearing ring with a roller guiding flange.
  • Rings having flanges are expensive to manufacture and bearings having such rings have a high starting friction. It is thus desirable to avoid the need of the flange. A possible method for avoiding a flange is to use symmetrical rollers. A roller is in this respect considered to be symmetrical if it can be divided in two congruent halves with a cross sectional plane half way between the ends of the roller. Symmetrical rollers having such a large axial extension and being arranged with such a large angle between the roller axis and the bearing axis as the rollers appearing in spherical thrust bearings are however difficult to guide with a desired precision. Furthermore, the sliding in the contact points between the roller and the race track will be large, which leads to power losses and a risk for bearing failure due to the generated friction heat,
  • The purpose of the present invention is to provide a bearing of the type defined in the preamble, wherein a good roller guiding is obtained without a flange on one of the rings and which has low friction at start and during operation.
  • This is achieved according to the invention thereby that the bearing is given the characteristics defined in the accompanying claim 1.
  • Due to the fact that all rollers of the bearing have the same revolution angular speed about the bearing axis only one cage for the rollers is needed, which saves space and coat. A good roller guiding can easily be obtained by the rollers being arranged to contact each other adjacent the inner race ring or by means of a guiding ring at the outer race ring. Both roller rows are subjected to load when the bearing takes up axial load, which guarantees a good guiding of all rollers. By using two rollers instead of one roller with a corresponding axial extension it is possible to halve the bearing friction losses, since the relative sliding at the contact between the roller and the race track, i.e. the relation between the sliding speed and the rolling speed, is about proportional to the length of the roller,
  • Hereinafter the invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawing, which shows an axial section through a bearing according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • The bearing has two rings 1 and 2 each having two axial race tracks for a number of symmetrical rollers 3,4 provided between the rings, which rollers are arranged in double rows, whereby the rollers in both rows are preferably identical. The roller rows are situated side by side and the axes 5,6 of the rollers in each roller row are inclined in the same direction relative to the bearing axis 7. The race track of the ring 2 has preferably a spherical surface, which means that the ring 1 and the set of rollers with the rollers 3,4 and roller cage 8 can be freely tilted relative to the ring 2 without causing a too high contact pressure at the contact between the roller and the race track. If only a limited self-alignment is aimed at, it is possible to let the surface of the race track be non-apherioal.
  • As both roller rows will take up load when the bearing is subjected to axial load the load capacity of the bearing is of the same size as the load capacity of a one row bearing, the rollers of which are twice as long as the rollers 3 and 4 and has a corresponding contact angle. A. limited length of the rollers 3,4 together with the fact that both roller rows are exposed to load means that the guiding of the rollers will not cause any great difficulties. In order to obtain a good roller guiding it is possible to allow the ends of the rollers of rollers in different rows to contact each other adjacent the inner race ring 1 such as shown in point 9. Alternatively it is possible to arrange a guiding ring 10 between the roller rows adjacent the outer race ring,
  • In all roller bearings having curved race track profiles and correspondingly curved roller profiles a certain sliding will take place at the contact points between the roller race track and the roller, which will cause friction losses. An estimation of how large these losses are in a bearing is the size of the relative aliding in these contact points.. The relative sliding is defined as the ratio between the sliding speed and the rolling speed in the contact points. It can be shown that in a bearing having symmetrical rollers and in which a pure rolling takes place in only one rolling contact point the relative sliding is proportional to the lengeth of the roller. If the available length of the roller is divided on several rollers, such as in the present invention, the relative sliding is reduced and thereby also the friction losses as also the load is divided on several rollers.
  • The rollers of the two rows in a beari ag according to the invention always have the same revolution angular speed relative to the bearing rings, as the bearing rings rotate relative to each other. A single cage can thus be used for both roller rows wi thout risking that the rollers of one row will influence the rollers of the other row through the cage. Besides being space saving the use of one single cage means that the bearing ; will be more easy to manufacture and to handle as it incorporates as few separate parts as possible
  • Within the scope of the invention it is possible to vary the bearing design within wide ranges. The mean angle between the bearing axis and the roller axes can for instance be chosen be tween 20° and 90°. The bearing can also be provided with three or more rows of rollers if it is desired to produce an extra large load capacity and a low relative sliding. The race tracks can also be arranged on more than two rings.

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1. A self-aligning thrust roller bearing incorporating at least two coaxial race tracks and a number of rollers provided between the race tracks and in engagement with these, said rollers being arranged in at least two rows beside each other, the race tracks and the rollers being curved in axial-section and the axes (5,6) of the rollers being inclined in the same direction relative to the bearing axis (7), characterized thereby, that all rollers are symmetrical around central cross-sectional planes through the respective rollers, the rollers being guided without the aid of any flange engaging the rollers ends.
2. A self-aligning thrust roller bearing according to claim 1, characterized thereby, that it has a single roller cage (8).
3. A self-aligning thrust roller bearing according to any one of claims 1 or 2, characterized thereby, that it incorporates a roller guiding ring (10) provided between the rows of rollers.
4. A self-aligning thrust roller bearing according to any one of claims 1 or 2, characterized thereby, that the adjacent ends of rollers in different rows are arranged to engage each other.
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SE7709175A SE411064B (en) 1977-08-15 1977-08-15 DOUBLE SELF-ADJUSTING AXIAL ROLL BEARINGS
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