Q: What are the practical applications of footstep bearings?

Q: What are the practical applications of footstep bearings?

Q: What are the practical applications of footstep bearings?
A: A footstep bearing for journalling the spindle shaft of a spinning and twisting machine comprising a tubular bearing bushing adapted to radially guide the spindle shaft and a bearing block located in the frontal end of the bushing. The block is provided with a step on which a spindle shaft fits and is adapted to absorb the axial thrust of the spindle shaft. The bearing block and the tubular bushing are joined together in a compressive interlocking arrangement such as by swaging, compressing, etc., one of the members.