Angular contact ball bearings have raceways in the inner and outer rings that are offset relative to each other in the direction of the centre line of the bearing
This means that they are particularly suitable for combined loads, i.e. equally occurring radial and axial loads
The axial load carrying capacity of angular contact ball bearings increases as the contact angle increases
The contact angle is defined as the angle between the line connecting the contact points of the ball and the raceways in the radial plain (along which the load is transferred from one raceway to the other) and the line perpendicular to the centreline of the bearing
Angular contact ball bearings are produced in a wide range of designs and sizes
