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SKF General Catalog 6000

Summary
This third in our series of articles on how to use the SKF General Catalogue will focus on:
Principles of bearing selection and application: Bearing Types.

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1. Introduction to Principles of 206 bearing is anothers 6206. So both
bearing selection and pieces of information (designation and
manufacturer) are crucial for proper
application: Bearing types
bearing identification.
The section on Bearing types in the SKF
General Catalogue lists over 78 various You will likely find other information on
bearing types. Youll find accompanying these rings, a Date Code, and Country of
drawings, names (or nomenclature) of the Manufacture. These may be ignored as far
particular bearing type and some optional as bearing type identification is concerned.
features available from SKF. Note that
these are not all bearings produced by If the bearing in question is not of SKF
every bearing manufacturer only the manufacture, contact your local Bearing
major types produced by SKF. Also, you will Distributor or SKF Technical Support for
see several footnotes directing you to assistance. Contact information can be
additional Catalogues from SKF for specific found online at www.sfk.com.
types of bearings. Many SKF bearing type
are also included in the on-line SKF If you are indeed working with an SKF
Interactive Engineering Catalogue, which bearing, proceed to the SKF General
may be accessed at www.sfk.com. Catalogue index, found at the end of the
catalogue. Lookup the appropriate
designation and proceed to the indicated
If you need information about a particular
page. This will lead you to a Product table
bearing for which you have a designation
page with catalogue data, such as
(complete or partial), the first step to
dimensions, load ratings and so forth.
confirm is that you indeed have an SKF
bearing in mind! Typically, start by looking
For example, lets say the bearing youre
at the side faces of both bearing rings for
interested in is an SKF 6206. Looking in the
two items:
Index, in the first column Series or type
1. A numeric or alphanumeric designation youll find 62, followed by the
designation (6206, NU309, etc.) Product (in this case Single row deep
2. - you can ignore the prefixes and groove ball bearing,) and finally the
suffixes for now catalogue page number.
3. A manufacturer (usually found on
the same ring or components as (1.) 2. Product index
above.
Series or type
Product Page
Why do we need both the designation and designation
manufacturer? Not all bearing designations Single row deep
62 302
follow ISO (International Organization for groove ball bearing
Standardization) rules. One manufacturers
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Product tables for that particular bearing
When you arrive at the catalogue page to type. Youll have to scan the Designation
which you were directed by the Index, youll column on this page (or several following
find yourself at the beginning of a set of pages) to find 6206.

To find more general information of the


bearing type in question, go back to the major types of rolling element Bearings:
beginning of the section youre using. You ball bearings and roller bearings. (We will
can explore the various designs, features, investigate this broad division of bearings
and other general bearing data of the further in future articles on bearing life.)
bearing type of interest. Each tabbed
bearing type is organized similarly in the To expand the list somewhat, the most
SKF General Catalogue. If you get familiar widely used SKF bearing types are:
with section, the layout is the same for all.

To take a step back for a moment about


bearing types, there are really only two

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The illustrations above identify the bearing parts of eight SKF basic bearing types. The terms are generally accepted by anti-
friction bearing manufacturers.

1. Inner ring 17. Outer ring side face


2. Inner ring corner 18. Cylindrical roller
3. Inner ring land 19. Outer ring flange
4. Outer ring land 20. Cone front face
5. Outer ring 21. Cone front face flange
6. Ball 22. Cup (outer ring)
7. Counter bore 23. Tapered roller
8. Thrust face 24. Cone back face flange
9. Outer ring raceway 25. Cone back face
10. Inner ring raceway 26. Cone (inner ring)
11. Outer ring corner 27. Undercut
12. Spherical roller 28. Cage
13. Lubrication feature 29. Face
(holes and groove) (W33) 30. Shaft washer (inner ring)
14. Spherical outer ring raceway 31. Housing washer (outer ring)
15. Floating guide ring 32. Seals
16. Inner ring side face 33. Toroidal roller

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The eight basic bearing types are:

1. Self aligning ball bearing


2. Deep groove ball bearing
3. Spherical roller bearing
4. Cylindrical roller bearing (needle
roller bearings are long cylinders)
5. Tapered roller bearing
6. CARBTM toroidal bearing
7. Spherical roller thrust bearing
8. Y-bearing (also called an insert
bearing, since they are often
inserted into a premade housing)

The shape of roller generally gives the


bearing its name: Ball bearings have balls
for rolling elements, cylindrical roller
bearings have cylinder-shaped rolling
elements, and so on.

Each bearing type has unique qualities that


make it suitable (or unsuitable) for
accepting various loads, speeds, and other
characteristics. This will be explored in
more detail in our next article about the
SKF General Catalogue: Principles of
Bearing Selection and Application: Selection
of Bearing Type.

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