Course outline • INTRODUCTION • PRINCIPLES OF FRICTION • ROLLING ELEMENT BEARINGS • FUNCTION OF BEARINGS • CATEGORIES OF BEARINGS • AXIAL LOAD OR RADIAL LOAD • SLIDING BEARINGS • PLAIN BEARINGS • CIRCUMFERENTIAL GROOVE BEARINGS • PRESSURE BEARINGS • CHARACTERISTICS OF BEARING MATERIAL FOR SLIDING BEARINGS • ROLLING ELEMENT BEARING CLASSIFICATIONS • ROLLING ELEMENT BEARINGS AND TOLERANCES • BEARING LOADS • RADIAL LOADS • AXIAL LOADS, OR THRUST LOADS • COMBINATION LOADS • BEARING LIFE • STANDARD BALL BEARING COMPONENTS • OPTIONAL BEARING COMPONENTS • BASIC BOUNDARY DIMENSIONS • LOAD CARRYING SURFACES • BALL BEARINGS TYPES • THE BASIC BEARING NUMBER SYSTEM Ø JOURNAL BEARING DISASSEMBLY, INSPECTION AND REASSEMBLY • BEARING DISASSEMBLY • Inspection • FITTING A NEW BEARING • REASSEMBLY Ø TILTED PAD THRUST BEARING • TILTED PAD THRUST BEARING CONSTRUCTION • TROUBLE SHOOTING INTRODUCTION Ø LUBRICANTS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS • FUNDAMENTALS OF LUBRICATION • OIL COMPATIBILITY • OIL TESTING AND ANALYSIS • OIL PURIFICATION AND FILTRATION • OIL OPERATING TEMPERATURE • GREASE LUBRICATION • GREASE COMPATIBILITY • GREASE APPLICATION • LUBRICANT SELECTION • SAFETY • BEARING LUBRICATION • AMOUNT OF LUBRICATION (OIL LEVEL) Ø LUBRICATION SYSTEMS • CONSTANT LEVEL OILERS • BATH OR WICK • SPLASH • AIR/OIL MIST • OIL JET SYSTEM • CIRCULATING-OIL LUBRICATION • DRIP-FEED LUBRICATION • HYDRAULIC LIFT LUBRICATION Ø BEARING INSTALLATION AND REMOVAL • THE IMPORTANCE OF CLEANLINESS • PROPER TOOLS • MOUNTING METHODS FOR BALL BEARING • AXIAL LOCATION OF BEARINGS Ø COMMON BEARING PROBLEMS • FAILURE ANALYSIS: BALL BEARINGS • SIDING OR FLUID FILM BEARINGS FAILURES AND MAINTENANCE Ø FITS AND TOLERANCES • BEARING FIT • TOLERANCE • INNER RING MOUNTING METHODs • BEARING HOUSINGS