bearing type
also called rolling element type · type of bearing
THE ROLLING-ELEMENT OR SLIDING ARRANGEMENT THE BEARING IS BUILT ON - deep groove ball, angular contact ball, tapered roller, cylindrical roller, spherical roller, needle, thrust, self-aligning, plain sleeve, spherical plain, linear. It is the first field of every bearing catalogue and the first branch of every selector, and UNSPSC agrees: class 31171500 carries `Ball bearings` 31171504, `Roller bearings` 31171505, `Tapered bearings` 31171516, `Needle bearings` 31171512, `Thrust bearings` 31171507, `Angular contact bearing` 31171531, `Self aligning bearing` 31171532, `Plain bearings` 31171515, `Sleeve bearings` 31171509, `Spherical bearings` 31171510 and `Linear bearings` 31171506 AS ELEVEN COMMODITIES OF ONE CLASS. Eleven leaves distinguished by one answer is a property, not eleven classes - the 2026-08-25 amendment's test applied to the corpus rather than to a trade word. REQUIRED: no bearing is catalogued without it. Concern measurement.
Bearing type is answered with one word chosen from the bearing types list — the same word shared across every product that uses it.
It belongs to measurement — its measurable, physical facts.
asked by the kinds that answer it
1 kind answers it, each for a single value. The same question can be reused by unrelated kinds — one meaning, many homes.
asked by kinds that answer it
The same question can be reused by unrelated kinds — one meaning, many homes.
| kind | how many |
|---|---|
| bearing | required · one |