Meaning of roller bearing | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A bearing in which the load is carried by round (e.g. cylindrical or spherical) elements (rollers).
2. Such a bearing with cylindrical rollers rather than spherical ones (balls).
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“Thirty mixed-traffic 4-8-2 locomotives recently completed by the Vulcan Foundry Limited for the 3 ft. 6 in. gauge Gold Coast Government Railway have⟳ all their axles, big ends, and coupling and eccentric rods fitted with British Timken roller bearings.”

“In 1930 the proposal of placing all axles of a steam locomotive on roller bearings was viewed so suspiciously that the Timken Roller Bearing Company couldn't even obtain⟳ permission to equip an existing engine at its own⟳ expense. (It ended up buying a demonstrator loco and equipping that with roller bearings instead.)”

“The five roller-bearing A1s are now averaging 120,000 miles between shopping; this figure⟳ is an improvement of about 50 per cent on the norm of other ex-L.N.E. Pacific types.”

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