How to distinguish? What kind of tapered roller bearings do they belong to?
Tapered roller bearings can not be described separately thrust bearings or radial bearings, but also the use of the situation
Tapered roller bearings can bear larger radial load and single direction axial load, mainly depends on the bearing capacity.
Thrust roller bearings are mainly subjected to axial load, radial roller bearings can bear radial load as well as axial load.