Thrust Ball Bearings

Maxtran carries every type of thrust ball bearing available.  Three primary forms of these bearings are available: 1- enclosed or banded balls, 2-separable groove races, and 3-separable flat races.  In order to minimize friction, each kind has a little contact area with the bearing raceway. Ball bearings can run faster than roller bearings due to their reduced friction, but they can support less load. Ball thrust bearings are only capable of supporting thrust, or axial, stresses in one direction. To facilitate replacement and repair, these grooved-race ball thrust bearings can be divided into three halves. Their raceways are grooved, which aids in ball guidance and reduces movement variance. Compared to flat race ball thrust bearings, these bearings can withstand greater stresses because the grooves more nearly match the dimensions of the ball. To facilitate replacement and repair, these flat-race ball thrust bearings can be divided into three halves. Instead of grooves, they have flat raceways for the ball bearings to travel along. Since the balls are not restricted to the grooves, which lowers the load capacity of these bearings, this design permits greater ball movement in the raceway. These banded ball thrust bearings make installation simple and give the internal bearing components additional defense against impurities. They are made up of a ball and cage assembly, a housing washer, and a shaft washer that are bonded together as a single piece.