2200 SeriesSelf-aligning BallLight, wideBore code 05ISO 15

2205 Double-row Self-aligning Ball Bearing

2205 is a double-row self-aligning ball bearing, light, wide series, with a 25 mm bore, a 52 mm outside diameter and a 18 mm width. Those numbers — the bore, outside diameter, width and the 1 mm minimum chamfer — are ISO 15 standard values, identical for every manufacturer.

2205 — Ø d 25 mm, outside diameter 52 mm, width 18 mm (B)Ø d 25Ø D 52front viewB 18r s min 1side view
2205 — double-row self-aligning ball bearing, light, wide seriesISO 15 boundary dimensions · mm · Not to scale
bore d25 mm
outside diameter D52 mm
width B18 mm
Bore code05
Radial section13.5 mm
Designation
2205
Type
Double-row self-aligning ball bearing — radial
Bore code
05 — 25 mm
Bore d
25 mm (0.9843 in)
outside diameter D
52 mm
width B
18 mm — the assembled width
Chamfer, r s min
1 mm — minimum, not nominal
Radial section
13.5 mm = (D − d) / 2

Nominal values in millimetres as published in ISO 15, the boundary dimension plan this type is tabulated in. The chamfer figure is the minimum single chamfer dimension the plan gives (r s min); the matching maximum is in ISO 582 — which is why the row says “min” and not an equality. A bearing that has been fitted with shields or seals carries the same dimensions, because none of the suffixes touches the boundary dimension plan.

Reading the designationwhere 25 mm comes from

Type code1 — double-row self-aligning ball bearing
Series22 — light, wide
Bore code05
Bore arithmetic05 × 5 = 25 mm

This one is not assembled the way the rest of this library assembles a designation — 2205 is written 22 followed by the bore code. The bore code still reads exactly as it does elsewhere — the four exceptions are 00, 01, 02 and 03 at 10, 12, 15 and 17 mm, and from 04 upwards the code is multiplied by five, which is why 05 gives 25 mm.

Position in the series6 of 21 in 2200 Series

Radial internal clearanceISO 5753-1, bore 24–30 mm

GroupRadial internal clearanceWhen it is used
C25–16 µmTighter than default; for fits that already take up the clearance.
CN (normal)11–24 µmThe default — usually not marked on the bearing at all.
C319–35 µmInterference fits, electric motors, hot inner ring. The common upgrade.
C429–46 µmHeavy interference fits and high-temperature service.
C540–58 µmThe loosest group in the table; special applications.

Values are the pre-mounting radial internal clearance for a double-row self-aligning ball bearing with a cylindrical bore, in micrometres, from ISO 5753-1. Pressing the inner ring onto a shaft and running the inner ring hotter than the outer ring both close this up — an interference of a few micrometres is a few micrometres straight out of the running clearance, which is the whole reason C3 exists. For this bore, normal (CN) is 11–24 µm and C3 is 19–35 µm.

What is deliberately not publishedwhy there is no load rating here

No load rating, no limiting speed and no mass appears on this page. Those are catalogue values rather than standard values: ISO 281 defines how a dynamic rating is calculated, not what it comes out as, and the result depends on internal geometry — ball or roller diameter, the complement, raceway conformity — that none of the boundary dimension plans (ISO 15, ISO 355, ISO 104, ISO 1206, ISO 3245) fixes. Published catalogue figures for one and the same designation differ between makes by several percent at these sizes, and limiting speed additionally depends on lubrication and on whether the bearing is open, shielded or sealed. Publishing any single figure here would dress a catalogue entry up as a property of the designation. Take the rating from the catalogue of the bearing you actually buy.

The dimensions above are a different matter, and they are the reason a designation is worth anything: the boundary dimensions — bore, outside diameter and the section dimensions of the plan this type is tabulated in, plus the chamfer minimum where that plan gives one — are fixed by the standard, so every maker's bearing of this designation fits the same shaft and the same housing.

Same bore, every series and typewhat a 25 mm shaft would take instead

DesignationSeriesTypeDOverall size (B / T / H)Section (D − d)/2vs 2205
2205Light, wide — this bearingSelf-aligning ball5218 B13.5—
6170561700 Series — Extra-thinDeep groove ball324 B3.5-20 mm on D, -14 mm B
6180561800 Series — Ultra-thinDeep groove ball377 B6-15 mm on D, -11 mm B
6190561900 Series — ThinDeep groove ball429 B8.5-10 mm on D, -9 mm B
5110551100 Series — LightThrust ball4211 H8.5-10 mm on D, -7 mm H
NA4905NA 49 Series — LightNeedle roller4217 B8.5-10 mm on D, -1 mm B
NA5905NA 59 Series — Light, wideNeedle roller4223 B8.5-10 mm on D, +5 mm B
NA6905NA 69 Series — Light, extra wideNeedle roller4230 B8.5-10 mm on D, +12 mm B
60056000 Series — Extra-lightDeep groove ball4712 B11-5 mm on D, -6 mm B
1600516000 Series — NarrowDeep groove ball478 B11-5 mm on D, -10 mm B
5120551200 Series — MediumThrust ball4715 H11-5 mm on D, -3 mm H
62056200 Series — LightDeep groove ball5215 B13.50 mm on D, -3 mm B
12051200 Series — LightSelf-aligning ball5215 B13.50 mm on D, -3 mm B
3020530200 Series — LightTapered roller5216.25 T13.50 mm on D, -1.75 mm T
NU205NU 2 Series — LightCylindrical roller5215 B13.50 mm on D, -3 mm B
NU2205NU 22 Series — Wide lightCylindrical roller5218 B13.50 mm on D
22205222 Series — Wide lightSpherical roller5218 B13.50 mm on D
63056300 Series — MediumDeep groove ball6217 B18.5+10 mm on D, -1 mm B
13051300 Series — MediumSelf-aligning ball6217 B18.5+10 mm on D, -1 mm B
23052300 Series — Medium, wideSelf-aligning ball6224 B18.5+10 mm on D, +6 mm B
3030530300 Series — MediumTapered roller6218.25 T18.5+10 mm on D, +0.25 mm T
NU305NU 3 Series — MediumCylindrical roller6217 B18.5+10 mm on D, -1 mm B
NU2305NU 23 Series — Wide mediumCylindrical roller6224 B18.5+10 mm on D, +6 mm B
21305213 Series — MediumSpherical roller6217 B18.5+10 mm on D, -1 mm B
64056400 Series — HeavyDeep groove ball8021 B27.5+28 mm on D, +3 mm B

25 series across seven bearing types, one bore: the shaft diameter is the same in every row, so the only thing that changes is what the housing and the axial space have to accommodate. Outside diameter and the overall size are standard boundary dimensions in the plan each type is tabulated in (ISO 15 / ISO 15 / ISO 355 / ISO 104 / ISO 15 / ISO 15 / ISO 1206 / ISO 1206 / ISO 3245) — the same figure for every manufacturer. The section column is derived as (D − d) / 2. Where two rows share the outside diameter the last column carries the width as well, because that is then the whole of the difference: the 49, 59 and 69 needle series share one envelope at every bore they have in common and differ only in standing 13, 18 and 23 mm wide. Load capacity rises with the outside diameter, but the figure itself has to come from the manufacturer’s catalogue for the bearing you actually buy — see above.

Where this part sitsthe family drawing, for context

Schematic front view of a deep-groove ball bearing with bore and outside diameter dimensionedØ D 52Ø d 25
6205d 25 · D 52 · B 15 mm
BearingsOne of the 14 mechanical part families in this database. This page covers nine bearing types — deep groove ball, self-aligning ball, tapered roller, thrust ball, cylindrical roller, spherical roller, needle roller, needle roller, no inner ring and drawn cup needle roller — each tabulated in its own boundary dimension plan.All families →