Comparison of Bearings University of Utah（轴承的比较犹他大学）.pdf

Comparison of Bearings For the Bearing Choosing of High-speed Spindle Design Xiaofan Xie Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah ABSTRACT: Bearing is the most important part of my project – High Speed Spindle; meanwhile, it is difficult to design or to choose. This paper is a detailed review highlighting the differences of most types of bearings which are utilized in industry field or currently developing these days. 1．Basic Concepts The concept behind a bearing is very simple: Things roll better than they slide. Bearings reduce friction by providing smooth metal balls or rollers, and a smooth inner and outer metal surface for the balls to roll against. These balls or rollers bear the load, allowing the device to spin smoothly. There are many types of bearings available, each used for different purposes and different conditions. Two major types of bearings are contact bearings and noncontact bearings. By considering the ball material, I separate the contact bearings to steel bearings and ceramic ball bearings. On the other hand, there are bearings that can run without any contact between the sliding surfaces in the bearing. These noncontact bearings are hydrostatic/hydrodynamic bearings, air bearings, and magnetic bearings. Numbers of properties for a certain bearing should be considered during the process of design. These include speed limits, applied load, accuracy, stiffness, manufacturability, cost, etc. Most of them will be discussed between the different bearings as follow. Because my final project is design of high speed spindle, the bearing selection or design should under the high speed condition. Limited by the speed property of steel bearing, steel bearings will not be concerned in this paper. 2. Speed Limits Because the density of ball of the cer