Thaum ntxov linear motion bearings muaj ib kab ntawm cov ntoo rods muab tso rau hauv ib kab ntawm pry tuav. Niaj hnub nimno linear motion bearings siv tib lub hauv paus ntsiab lus ua haujlwm, txawm hais tias qee zaum cov khoom siv los ntawm cov menyuam. Qhov yooj yim tshaj plaws rotary bearing yog bushing bearing, uas tsuas yog ib tug bushing sandwiched ntawm lub log thiab lub qag. Qhov kev tsim no tom qab tau hloov los ntawm cov kabmob dov, uas siv ntau lub cylindrical rollers es tsis txhob siv lub bushing, txhua lub caij dov ua haujlwm zoo li ib tus neeg lub log.
Ib qho piv txwv thaum ntxov ntawm lub pob bearing tau pom nyob rau ntawm lub nkoj Roman thaum ub ua nyob ib puag ncig 40 BC hauv Lake Nami, Ltalis: lub pob ntoo siv los txhawb lub rooj sib hloov. Leonardo da Vinci tau hais tias tau piav qhia txog lub pob bearing nyob ib ncig ntawm 1500. Ib qho tseem ceeb ntawm qhov tsis paub meej ntawm pob bearings yog kev sib tsoo ntawm cov khoom, ua rau muaj kev sib txhuam ntxiv. Txawm li cas los xij, qhov no tuaj yeem tiv thaiv tau los ntawm kev tso cov pob hauv cov tawb me me. Nyob rau hauv lub xyoo pua 17th, Galileo tau piav qhia ntxov tshaj plaws ntawm lub npas kabmob nrog "cage-zoo li pob." Nyob rau hauv lub xyoo pua 17th, C. Wallow of England tau tsim thiab tsim cov pob bearings, sim lawv ntawm cov tsheb xa ntawv, thiab P. Worth of England tau txais patent rau pob bearings. Thawj qhov kev ua tau zoo nrog lub tawb tau tsim nyob rau xyoo 1760 los ntawm tus kws tsim lub moos John Harrison rau H3 chronograph. Nyob rau hauv lub xyoo pua 18th, HR Hertz ntawm lub teb chaws Yelemees luam tawm ib daim ntawv ntawm kev sib cuag kev nyuaj siab ntawm pob bearings. Lub tsev ntawm Hertz qhov kev ua tiav, R. Streibeck ntawm lub teb chaws Yelemees, A. Palmgren ntawm Sweden, thiab lwm tus tau ua ntau yam kev sim, pab txhawb rau kev txhim kho ntawm dov bearing tsim txoj kev xav thiab lub neej qaug zog. Tom qab ntawd, NP Petrov ntawm Russia tau siv Newton txoj cai lij choj ntawm viscosity los xam cov kabmob kev sib txhuam. Thawj patent rau pob raceways tau txais los ntawm Philipp Warn ntawm Carmasen hauv 1794.
Nyob rau xyoo 1883, Friedrich Fischer tau npaj siv cov tshuab tsim khoom tsim nyog los zom cov pob steel ntawm tib qhov loj thiab qhov tseeb roundness, tso lub hauv paus rau kev lag luam bearing. O. Reynolds ntawm teb chaws Aas Kiv tau ua ib qho kev ntsuam xyuas lej ntawm Torr qhov kev tshawb pom thiab muab tau los ntawm Reynolds equation, yog li tso lub hauv paus rau txoj kev xav ntawm hydrodynamic lubrication.
