Angular contact ball thrust bearings are designed to accommodate both radial and thrust loads with their large thrust carrying capacity being the primary design feature. These bearings are inch series and typically have an angle of contact around 50 degrees. Angular contact ball thrust bearings consist of hardened and ground angular contact plates with dowel pin holes for mounting and a brass cage with precision balls. The single ball path AB series can handle thrust load in one direction only. Largely used at the bottom of vertical shaft applications, this design accommodates large thrust loads while providing center alignment for the shaft. Specific applications are indexing tables and oilfield rotary table bearings.

Angular contact ball bearings have inner and outer ring raceways that are displaced relative to each other in the direction of the bearing axis. This means that these bearings are designed to accommodate combined loads, i.e. simultaneously acting radial and axial loads.An angular contact bearing is a type of specialty ball bearing used in many manufacturing and industrial applications. This relatively small device is designed to support a greater range of forces than a standard bearing, and to work within even the most precisely engineered machines and equipment.Angular Contact Ball Bearings. Angular contact bearings from Grainger can support combined loads simultaneously in radial and axial directions. Use them for high-speed, high-precision applications, such as turbines and dentistry equipment, where dual-direction loads are present.