Arb Bearings Ltd

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Thrust Bearings has two washers, with grooved raceways, & the curvature of the raceways is slightly larger than that of ball. Out of two washers, one is shaft washer & the other one is housing washer. The bore of the shaft washer is of the shaft diameter & the bore of the housing washer is slightly larger than that of shaft washer to facilitate free rotation. This types of thrust bearings are mainly used where axial load conditions are too large to be accepted by radial bearings. They can accept purely thrust load in single direction & they are not suitable for speed applications.