Rust and Corrosion
Rust and Corrosion
Condition
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Cause
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Solution
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- Inner ring of tapered roller bearing
- Rusting on raceway surface spacing equivalent to the distance between rollers. The cause is water in lubricant.
- Outer ring of tapered roller bearing
- Rusting on raceway surface spacing equivalent to the distances between rollers. The cause is water in lubricant. Some points are corroded.
- Roller of spherical roller bearing
- Rust as well as corrosion on rolling contact surface
- Ingress of water
- Inner ring (split type) of self-aligning roller bearing
- Rust and corrosion of the raceway surface
- The cause is ingress of water.