Power Transmission Distributors Association

PT Interactive Online
Bearings Course Outline

The Bearings Online Course deals with the uses and applications for bearings, including plain
bearings, ball bearings, roller bearings, and mounted and unmounted bearings. It also examines
lubrication options, including self-lubricating bearings. The course identifies trade and industry
associations who recommend standards and practices for ball and roller bearing usage.

Pre-Test Bearings
Bearings Overview
o Course Objectives 1-4
o Course Objectives 5-8
o Course Objectives 9-10
o Bearing Motions
o Combined Loads
o Plain and Rolling Element Bearings
o Basic Bearing Types 1-3
o Basic Bearing Types 4-6
o Bearing Selection
Plain Bearings
o Plain Bearings 1
o Plain Bearings 2
o Plain Bearings Uses
o Plain Bearings Materials
o Metallic Plain Bearings
o Plain Bearing Lubrication
Grease
Degrees of Lubrication
o Boundary
o Mixed-Film
o Full-film/ Hydrodynamic
Hydrostatic
Lubrication Placement
Grooves
High Temperature Conditions
Oil-Filled Sintered Bronze
o Self Lubricating Bearings
Self Lubricating Bearings
High Temperature and Corrosive
Environments
Longer Life
Limitations of Self Lubrication
Materials
Rolling Element Bearings
o Video
o Rolling Elements Overview
o Grooves in Rolling Element Bearings
o Ball Bearings

Ball Bearings Overview

Radial Ball Bearings
o Basic Types of Radial Ball
Bearings
o More Types of Radial Ball
Bearings
o Types of Radial Ball Bearings
Cont.
o Radial Bearing Specifications
o Bearing Shafts and Housings
o Safe Operating Speeds
Angular-Contact Bearings
o Angular Contact Bearings
Thrust Ball Bearings
o Thrust Ball Bearings
o Banded Types
o Aligning Types
Unground Ball Bearings
o Unground Ball Bearings
o Use of Unground Ball Bearings
o Unground Ball Bearing Types
Thin Section Bearings
o Thin Section Bearings
o Thin Section Bearings Load
Capacity
o Installing Thin Section Bearings
Roller Bearings
o Roller Bearings Overview
o Cylindrical Roller Bearings
Load and Speed Capability
Limiting Speed
Limiting Speed Cont.
Shafts and Cylindrical Roller
Bearings
Misalignment
Video
o Needle Roller Bearings
Needle Roller Bearings Overview
Selecting Needle Roller Bearings
Cam Followers

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online courses at www.ptda.org/PTInteractiveOnline.
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Spherical Roller Bearings

Spherical Roller Bearings Overview
Radial Capacity of Spherical Roller
Bearings
Straight and Tapered Bores
o Tapered Roller Bearing
Tapered Roller Bearings Overview
Tapered Roller Bearings Overview
Cont.
Tapered Roller Bearings Radial
Runout
Case Carburized
Types of Tapered Roller Bearings
Video
Rollers and Races of Tapered Roller
Bearings
Bearing Lubrication
o Rolling Element Bearing Lubrication
o Grease
o Oil
o Oil Viscosity
o Classifications of Lubricating Oils
o Corrosion Protection
o Contamination
o Rolling Element Bearing Lubrication
o Video
Mounted Bearings
o Mounted Bearing Overview
o Mounted Plain Bearings

Mounted Plain Bearings

Typical Applications
o Mounted Roller Bearings
Locking Types
Split Roller Bearing Assemblies
Rod-end Bearings
Bearing Standards
o Standards and Practices
o Load and Life Ratings
Load Ratings for Rolling Element
Bearings
Load Ratings Cont.
ABMA Standards No. 9 and 11
Life Ratings
Prediction of Bearing Life
Safety Factors
New Philosophies
o Shaft and Housing Fits
Shaft and Housing Fits
Application and Selection
o Bearing Application and Selection
o Selecting a Bearing
o Selecting Rolling Element Bearings
o Selecting Mounted Bearings
o Considering Surroundings
Conclusion
Bearings Test

Register for this course or 13 other power transmission/motion control

online courses at www.ptda.org/PTInteractiveOnline.
Copyright 2009. Power Transmission Distributors Association, Chicago, Illinois, USA. All rights reserved.