SOLIDWORKS: Designing Bearings
2h 4mIntermediate2021-07-01
Authors
Ryan Krawchuk
Design engineer with 10+ years of professional experience
Course details
Bearings are an amazing innovation in mechanical engineering. They can ensure that a part rotates or slides the way you want it to, and can ensure that parts don't move in directions they shouldn't. They can reduce friction, saving energy in your design. In this course, mechanical engineer and certified SOLIDWORKS expert Ryan Krawchuk teaches you the fundamentals of bearings, and models a series of different mechanical bearings, creating complex and dynamic multipart assemblies that behave as they would in the real world. Ryan covers three types of bearings—ball, roller, and spherical bearings—and shows how to design their constituent parts in SOLIDWORKS and combine those parts into a final bearing assembly.
Skills covered
SOLIDWORKSDassaultManufacturingProduct and Industrial Design3D ModelingVisualization and Real-TimeAECProduct and ManufacturingAnimation and IllustrationDeep Dive (X:Y)
Concepts
Introduction
- Managing mechanical movements with bearings
- What you should know
Bearing Introduction
- Types of bearings
- Bearing nomenclature
- Rolling element types
- Cage types
- Shield and seal types
Ball Bearing Design
- Chapter introduction
- Outer race, part 1
- Outer race, part 2
- Inner race
- Rolling element
- Cage
- Rivet
- Shield
- Snap ring
- Ball bearing assembly
Roller Bearing Design
- Chapter introduction
- Outer race
- Inner race
- Rolling element
- Cage
- Roller bearing assembly
Spherical Bearing
- Chapter introduction
- Race
- Race-loading slot
- Race-staking groove
- Ball
- Bearing assembly
Tapered Roller Bearings
- Chapter introduction
- Outer race
- Inner race
- Rolling element
- Cage-body
- Cage-roller pocket
- Tapered roller bearing assembly
Conclusion
- Next steps