Flexible roller bearings have rollers which are not solid but are spirally wound from spring steel strips and machined to a cylindrical profile. This makes the rollers 'flexible' and suitable for application where shock or impact loading is frequent. The inner and outer rings are flange-less thus these bearings cannot carry any axial loads but have high radial load carrying capacity.

Flexible roller bearings have rollers which are not solid but are spirally wound from spring steel strips and machined to a cylindrical profile. This makes the rollers 'flexible' and suitable for application where shock or impact loading is frequent. The inner and outer rings are flange-less thus these bearings cannot carry any axial loads but have high radial load carrying capacity.