Cylindrical Roller Bearings

In this type of bearings, the rollers and race tracks are essentially cylindrical. However they may be ground slightly curved in order to achieve, thereby, a small degree of flexibility. The rollers are guided between two lips on either the inner race or the outer race. Other types could either have no lip or are provided with one lip or two lips, according to the function which the bearings have a contact on the races whereas all types of cylindrical roller bearings have line contact Due to the line contact the cylindrical roller bearings have a very high radial load carrying capacity as compared to the ball bearings of the same size. Due to their separable design, cylindrical roller bearings are convenient for mounting than ball bearings.