Roller Followers

NIPPON THOMPSON

IKO Roller Follower are bearings designed for outer ring rotation, in which needle rollers are incorporated in a thick walled outer ring.
Both crowned and cylindrical outer rings are available.
The outer rings run directly on mating cam guide surface, and the crowned outer ring is effective in relieving the edge load caused by mounting errors.
The cylindrical outer ring, on the other hand, has a large contact are with the mating cam guide surface and is suitable for applications involving large loads or low cam guide surface hardness.

Features of Roller Followers

In Roller Followers, there are two types of bearings available, the caged type and the full complement type.
The caged type is useful for applications at high-speed rotation. The full complement type, on the other hand, is suitable for heavy-load applications at low-speed or oscillating motions.
Roller Followers include separable and non-separable types. Also, in addition to the open type, shield type and sealed type are available. The clearances between the side plates and outer ring of the shield type are narrow, and form labyrinths. In the sealed
Type, special synthetic rubber seals are assembled in these clearances, and they are effective in preventing penetration of dust and drift.
These bearings are available in a variety of types to suit almost any kind of application. They are widely used for cam mechanisms and for liner motions of conveying equipment.