Thrust bearings

Thrust bearings are designed to carry axial loads acting along the shaft's axis of rotation. Their design ensures precise positioning of rotating assemblies, stable mechanism operation and high reliability under significant axial forces. Depending on their design, thrust bearings can carry load in one or both directions, and can combine axial loads with limited radial loads.

High manufacturing precision, the use of modern materials and special heat treatment allow thrust bearings to operate effectively at high rotational speeds, elevated temperatures and intensive operating loads.

Thrust bearings are especially important in the aviation industry, where they are used in critical assemblies of aircraft engines, gearboxes, drives, transmission units, actuating mechanisms and auxiliary systems — reliably carrying the axial loads generated by rotors, shafts and gear trains throughout their service life.

Besides aviation, thrust bearings are widely used in power-generation equipment, shipbuilding, metallurgy, machine-tool building, the oil and gas industry, and compressor and pump installations.