Cam Follower and Track Roller - Stud Type

A cam follower roller bearing (also called “track follower”) is a specialty roller bearing designed to follow tracks or cams and in a wide range of linear motion systems. Cam followers are often used on conveyors, process transfer lines, such as those used int industries such as food and beverage, plastics, glass and among others. cam followers are also popular for defense and aircraft applications, where maintainability and system reliability are important design considerations.  To smoothly and evenly distribute the loads, cam followers usually are designed with a full complement of rolling elements. However, there is more than one type of configuration for cam followers, but the most distinctive characteristic is how the cam follower is mounted to its counterpart.