Profile: Schaeffler (UK) Ltd. specializes in rollings and bearings. We provide spherical plain bearings, plain bearings, linear guidance products, and bearing-related accessories. Rolling elements include balls, cylindrical rollers, needle rollers, tapered rollers, or barrel rollers. The rolling elements are generally guided by a cage that keeps them at a uniform distance from each other, and prevents them coming into contact with each other. Self-aligning ball bearings are double row, self-retaining units comprising solid outer rings with a concave raceway, inner rings with a cylindrical or tapered bore, and ball & cage assemblies. Drawn cup roller clutches are one-way clutches comprising thin-walled, drawn outer rings with a series of ramps on the inside diameter, plastic cages, springs and needle rollers.