A needle bearings is a special type of roller bearing that uses long, thin cylindrical rollers resembling needles. Ordinary roller bearings’ rollers are only slightly longer than their diameter, but needle bearings typically have rollers that are at least four times longer than their diameter. Like all bearings, they are used to reduce the friction of a rotating surface.

NVI offers the following types of needle bearings:

Drawn cup needle roller bearing

4 Needle roller bearings with machined rings