The behaviour of a ball in a ball bearing was observed through flux change caused by a magnetized ball. An angular-contact ball bearing of the type 7307 B was used in the experiment. Under pure thrust load, the ball makes a complicated three-dimensional motion. The relation between the angular velodties of the ball ω
b, the case ω
c and the inner ring ω was investigated. The ratio ω
b/ω
c and ω
c/ω are closely related to the parameter ZF
c/P
a, where Z, F
c and P
a denote the number of balls, the centrifugal force per ball and the thrust load, respectively. In the range ZF
c/P
a>1, not only the centrifugal force has a significant influence upon the behaviour of the ball, but also the effect of the gyroscopic moment of the ball becomes remarkab1e. These results were compared with the theoretical values.
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