SAF and SAW pillow blocks with bearings on an adapter sleeve. Products Bearings, units and housings Bearing housings Split pillow blocks, SAF and SAW series (inch dimensions) Product tables+ SAF and SAW pillow blocks with bearings on an adapter sleeve. Pillow-block bearings are a type of mounted bearing that consists of a bearing embedded in a housing that usually resembles a camel’s hump or a mantelpiece clock. Pillow-block bearings are frequently used for applications involving high rotational speeds, radial loads, and minimal axial (thrust) loads.

Pillow Block Plain Sleeve Bearing Units Pillow block plain sleeve bearing units are mounted bearing housings fitted with a non-rolling bearing called a sleeve. The sleeve, a cylindrical piece of metal with straight inside and outside diameters, bears weight and reduces friction by sliding over the bearing.