A short note on Roller Bearings

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Roller bearings use cylinders instead of spheres that means the contact between the inner and outer race is a line not a point (as shown in the figure below).

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Thus, the load is spread over a larger area enabling the bearing to handle greater loads than ball bearings. Roller bearings …

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