Thrust roller bearings are used to bear axial load mainly shaft, radial combined load, but the radial load shall not exceed 55% of the axial load. Compared with other thrust roller bearings, this kind of bearing friction factor is low, the speed is high, and has the spherical performance, bearing roller for asymmetric spherical roller, can reduce the roller and raceway in the work of the relative sliding, and roller long, diameter, roller number, high load capacity, usually using oil lubrication, individual low speed case available grease lubrication. In the design selection, should be preferred;

Thrust cylindrical roller bearings and thrust tapered roller bearings are suitable for low speed occasions, thrust tapered roller bearings speed is slightly higher than thrust cylindrical roller bearings. Thrust cylindrical roller bearing is a separation type bearing, can only bear one-way axial load and slight impact, can limit the shaft (or shell) a direction of axial displacement, so can be used as a one-way axial positioning. But its bearing capacity is much larger than the thrust ball bearings. Roller rolling, due to the roller two ends of the line speed is different, so that the roller in the ring raceway inevitably produce sliding, therefore, the limit speed of such bearings than thrust ball bearings low, usually only for low-speed operation occasions.

The standard design of thrust cylindrical roller bearings using the car system metal solid cage, according to user requirements, can also use other types or materials cage. Thrust tapered roller bearings can only bear one-way axial load, can limit the bearing one-way axial displacement, so can be used as a one-way axial positioning. Compared with the thrust cylindrical roller bearings, bearing capacity, relative sliding small, but the limit speed is low.