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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SKF General Catalog 6000 2012 SKF Group
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 SKF General Catalog 6000 2012 SKF Group 2(5) 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
SKF General Catalog 6000 2012 SKF Group 3(5)
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
SKF General Catalog 6000 2012 SKF Group 4(5)
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.