Bearing for spindles of spinning or twisting machines

A bearing for spindles of spinning or twisting machines having a spindle bearing housing which contains a collar bearing and a step bearing with a pivot bearing for a spindle shaft which is equipped with a driving wharve reaching over the collar bearing, wherein the distance between the collar bearing and the pivot bearing amounts to no more than 100 mm, and the diameter (D) of the spindle shaft 1 in the area of the collar bearing amounts to no more than 7 mm, wherein the collar bearing is a needle bearing, and wherein the driving wharve has an outside diameter of no more than 17 mm, wherein a bearing receiving device of the needle bearing contains an outer ring with a flanged disk which is joined in one piece, and wherein the outer ring of the needle bearing is provided with a running surface for the needles which is arched in axial sectional view.