BearingLab rolling bearing life
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4. The static check, which is a different failure

Fatigue life assumes the bearing turns. A bearing that is stationary, or barely moving, under a large load fails another way entirely: the balls press permanent flats into the races. Brinelling. Once that has happened the bearing is noisy and rough forever, however good its calculated life was.

P0 = X0 Fr + Y0 Fa     s0 = C0P0ISO 281

C₀ is the basic static load rating, a separate catalogue number, defined by a permanent deformation of 0.0001 of the rolling element diameter. P₀ never falls below Fr.

Requirements₀
Quiet running, high precision≥ 2
Normal running≥ 1
Coarse, noise not a concern≥ 0.5
When the static check governs. A robot joint that holds a payload stationary for hours, a crash into an end stop, a machine lifted by its shaft during installation. None of those appear in the fatigue calculation at all, and all of them can ruin a bearing that passes it comfortably.

Formulas in this chapter

P₀, s₀ — static equivalent load and safety factor
P₀ = X₀ Fᵣ + Y₀ Fₐ (never below Fᵣ); s₀ = C₀/P₀ [N, —] ISO 281