OilField Bearing Solutions
The demands on the machinery used for oil and gas exploration and extraction are challenging. Ritbearing Corp. has helped provide oilfield bearing solutions and deliver optimal performance ratings for the oil & gas market segment.
View our features, see common oil & gas bearing applications, and check the list of our partner brand manufacturers in the additional oil & gas bearing sections below.
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What Are the types of bearings used in the oil and gas industries?
Our oilfield bearing solutions deliver optimal performance ratings for the oil & gas industry.
Angular Contact Bearings
- Can withstand the demands of high speed applications.
- Can accept radial and thrust loads.
- Different contact angles available.
Combination Bearings
- Outer rings are produced from case hardened material.
- Combi-bearings accommodate heavy radial and axial loads.
- Can be offered with or without the mounting plate.
Cylindrical Roller Bearings
- Wide variety of options are available: Single, double, or multi-row are readily available.
- Special clearances and grease allow for customized solutions.
Needle Roller Bearings
- Needle roller bearings offer a higher load carrying capacity and can withstand oscillation with greater rigidity.
- A wide range of styles are available, including some series made from stainless steel.
Slewing Ring Bearings
- Products can be manufactured according to print.
- A wide variety of materials can be used to manufacture slewing rings products.
- Other options include additional rows of rolling elements depending upon application conditions.
Spherical Roller Bearings
- Can withstand the most arduous environments and operating conditions.
- Can accept deviations in shaft misalignment.
- Low to medium speeds are optimal when using spherical roller bearings.
Thin Section Bearings
- Compact design is a problem solving solutions when applications have special constraints.
- Minimal weight with options available on contact angle.
- A wide range of materials are available in the production of thin section bearings.
Thrust Bearings
- Can be offered in single or double direction.
- Larger more robust sizes can accept heavier axial loads.
- Will be able to accept shaft misalignment with spherical thrust roller bearings.
Toroidal Roller Bearings
- Product can accept angular misalignment and axial displacement.
- Combines the best features of the needle roller design and the spherical roller bearing.
- Utilizes a specially designed roller to accommodate the harshest environmental conditions.
Ritbearing supplies high-quality, reliable bearings for the oil and gas industry that meet the specific demands of each application.
Breakout units
- Cam followers
- Thin section bearings
Centrifugal pumps
- Angular contact
- Double row bearings
Downhole motors
- Needle roller
- Thrust bearings
Draw works
- Ball bearing
- Cylindrical roller
- Spherical roller
- Tapered Roller
Frac pumps
- Cylindrical roller
- Needle roller
- Spherical roller
Generators
- Ball bearings
- Ceramic coated bearings
- Cylindrical roller
Hooks
- Cylindrical roller
- Tapered roller
Iron roughneck
- Combination roller
- Slewing ring bearings
- Toroidal roller
Jack Up Units
- Cylindrical roller
- Tapered roller
Kelly Spinners
- Tapered roller
Mud pumps
- Cylindrical roller
- Needle roller
- Spherical roller
- Tapered roller
Pumpjack gearbox
- Cylindrical roller
Rotary tables
- Tapered roller
- Thrust bearings
Shale shakers
- Shaker screen bearings
Swivels
- Tapered roller
- Thrust bearings
Top drives
- Cylindrical roller
- Tapered roller
- Thin section ball bearings
- Spherical roller
Traction motors
- Cylindrical roller
Traveling blocks
- Tapered roller
Winches
- Tapered roller
Ritbearing's partners for the oil & gas industry include products from:

Faro - Italy
- Combination bearings
- Full complement cylindricals

Iraundi - Spain
- Slewing ring bearings
- Cross roller bearings

JNS - Japan
- Standard and specially engineered machined needle roller bearings
- Cam and roller followers

LI-BE - Italy
- Combination bearings
- Cylindrical roller
- Needle roller

RKB - Switzerland
- Cylindrical roller
- Spherical roller
- Tapered roller
- Toroidal roller

RCBD - China
- Cam and roller followers
- Standard and specialty cylindrical roller
- Standard and specialty spherical roller
- Toroidal roller

SMT - Japan
- Guide wheel bearings

SSB - USA
- Thin section ball bearings

URB - Romania
- Standard and specialty spherical roller