shell bearing
1shell bearing — A type of bearing used for main bearings and big end bearings, consisting of a circular housing which can be divided into two halves, and which encloses a pair of bearing shells …
2bearing — [1] The area of a unit in which the contacting surface of a revolving part rests in order to minimize wear and friction between two surfaces. [2] An antifriction reducing device that is usually found between two moving parts. The babbitt bearings …
3shell — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sciell; akin to Old English scealu shell, Old Norse skel, Lithuanian skelti to split, Greek skallein to hoe Date: before 12th century 1. a. a hard rigid usually largely calcareous covering or… …
4shell — The structural case or housing, usually for mounting instruments. See bare shell bearing shell body shell converter shell spark plug shell …
5bearing cap — A rigid, semicircular part which encloses and holds the outer shell of a shell bearing …
6bearing spread — A purposely manufactured small extra distance across the parting faces of the bearing half, in excess of the actual diameter of the housing bore. Thus the diameter is slightly greater than the housing into which a shell bearing is being placed.… …
7Bearing (mechanical) — A bearing is a device to allow constrained relative motion between two or more parts, typically rotation or linear movement. Bearings may be classified broadly according to the motions they allow and according to their principle of operation as… …
8shell bean — noun 1. a bean plant grown primarily for its edible seed rather than its pod • Syn: ↑shell bean plant • Hypernyms: ↑bean, ↑bean plant • Hyponyms: ↑lima bean, ↑lima bean plant, ↑ …
9bearing cup — [1] Retainers, held in place by bolts and nuts, that hold the bearings in place. Also called bearing shell. [2] The bearing race that curves around the outside of a ring of ball bearings and works in conjunction with a cone …
10bearing tang — A notch or lip on a bearing shell used to correctly locate the bearing during assembly …
