Rod End & Spherical Bearings

Spherical Plain Bearings and Rod Ends. 

Spherical plain bearings are standardized, ready-to-mount, mechanical components that enable mulit-directional, self aligning movements. The inner ring has a spherical convex outside diameter, while the outer ring has a correspondingly concave inside diameter. The forces acting on the bearing may be oscillating or recurrent tilting and slewing movments at relatively low speeds.

Spherical plain bearings rod ends are bearing units that consist of a spherical plain bearing in the eye-shaped head of the rod end housing. They are used primarily on the ends of hydraulic or pneumatic pistons to join the cylinder to an associated component via an internal (female) thread, external (male) thread or a welding shank. Rod ends with a right hand thread as standard, also available with a left-hand thread identified by the designation prefix 'L' in the reference.