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image_resizeWe have all heard about ball bearings, which are used in many different mechanical items but bearing come in many different shapes and sizes and do a wide variety of operations.

There are six types of bearings:

  1. Plain Bearings
  2. Rolling Element Bearings
  3. Jewel Bearings
  4. Fluid Bearings
  5. Magnetic Bearings
  6. Flexure Bearings

Some common motions by bearings are axial rotations, linear motion, spherical rotations and hinge motion. Bearings can vary over size and direction of forces they can support and they also have different operating speed limits.