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Designs and variants
Designs and SKF Explorer

variants bearings

For information, refer to page 7
Basic design

bearings
Cages

Depending on their series and size, SKF
spherical roller thrust bearings are manu- Cages in SKF spherical roller thrust bearings
factured to two basic designs (ig. 3) Their are an integral part of the bearing internal
cage forms a non-separable unit with the design All SKF spherical roller thrust bearings
shaft washer and rollers contain a strong metal cage This enables
them to tolerate high temperatures and
Bearings with no designation operate with all lubricants
sufix (e.g. 29272) For additional information about the suit­
ability of cages, refer to Cages, page 187
• are itted with a machined brass prong-
type cage as standard

E design bearings (designation
sufix E)
• have larger rollers and an optimized internal
design for increased load carrying capacity
• are itted with one of the following cages,
depending on bearing size:
– size ≤ 68 → stamped steel window­type
cage
– size ≥ 72 → machined metal prong­type
cage

Fig. 3
Basic design bearings

• No designation sufix E design (size ≤ 68) 13
• E design (size ≥ 72)

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