Smearing
Smearing
Condition
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Cause
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Solution
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- Inner ring of cylindrical roller bearing
- Smearing on raceway surface
- The cause is slippage of rollers due to foreign objects trapped within.
- Roller of same bearing as that of the inner ring shown in Photo 1
- Smearing on rolling contact surface
- The cause is slippage of rollers due to foreign objects trapped within.
- Rollers of spherical Thrust roller bearings
- Smearing at middle of rolling contact surfaces
- The cause is slippage of rollers due to foreign objects trapped within.
- Inner ring of double row tapered roller bearing (RCT bearing)
- Smearing on raceway surface.