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Bearing roughness specification

clon

Automotive
Apr 25, 2025
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I am designing a customized TRB (Tapered Roller Bearing) and I need to define the roughness of inner and outer rings raceways and the roughness of the rollers. I would like to do it with respect to Ra and Rsk. The latter (Rsk) is particularly important because when it has negative values, the valleys of the roughness profile behave as little "tanks" for the lubricating oil, ensuring a proper lubrication.

Does someone know which Rsk values are typical used for bearings raceways? I cannot find anything in literature
 
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