当深沟球轴承的径向游隙增大时，会具有角接触球轴承的功能，可以承受较大的轴向载荷。当使用环境要求转速较高且不适合采用平面推力球轴承时，也可以使用深沟球轴承来承受纯轴向载荷。
When the radial clearance of deep groove ball bearings increases, it will have the function of angular contact ball bearings and can withstand large axial loads. Deep groove ball bearings can also be used to withstand pure axial loads when the operating environment requires high rotational speed and is not suitable for the use of planar thrust ball bearings.
相较于同尺寸的其它类型轴承，深沟球轴承的摩擦系数更小，极限转速更高，缺点是不耐冲击，不能用来承受重载荷。
Compared with other types of bearings of the same size, the friction coefficient of deep groove ball bearings is smaller and the limit speed is higher. The disadvantage of deep groove ball bearings is that they can not withstand impact and can not be used to bear heavy loads.