6000 SeriesDeep Groove BallExtra-lightBore code 02ISO 15

6002 Single-row Deep Groove Ball Bearing

6002 is a single-row deep groove ball bearing, extra-light series, with a 15 mm bore, a 32 mm outside diameter and a 9 mm width. Those numbers — the bore, outside diameter, width and the 0.3 mm minimum chamfer — are ISO 15 standard values, identical for every manufacturer.

6002 — Ø d 15 mm, outside diameter 32 mm, width 9 mm (B)Ø d 15Ø D 32front viewB 9r s min 0.3side view
6002 — single-row deep groove ball bearing, extra-light seriesISO 15 boundary dimensions · mm · Not to scale
bore d15 mm
outside diameter D32 mm
width B9 mm
Bore code02
Radial section8.5 mm
Designation
6002
Type
Single-row deep groove ball bearing — radial
Bore code
02 — 15 mm
Bore d
15 mm (0.5906 in)
outside diameter D
32 mm
width B
9 mm — the assembled width
Chamfer, r s min
0.3 mm — minimum, not nominal
Radial section
8.5 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 15 mm comes from

Type code6 — single-row deep groove ball bearing
Diameter series0 — extra-light
Bore code02
Bore arithmeticspecial case — 15 mm

The designation is three fields: type, the series and the bore code. For codes 04 and above the bore is the code multiplied by five. which is why 02 gives 15 mm. The four exceptions are 00, 01, 02 and 03 at 10, 12, 15 and 17 mm.

Position in the series3 of 37 in 6000 Series

Radial internal clearanceISO 5753-1, bore 10–18 mm

GroupRadial internal clearanceWhen it is used
C20–9 µmTighter than default; for fits that already take up the clearance.
CN (normal)3–18 µmThe default — usually not marked on the bearing at all.
C311–25 µmInterference fits, electric motors, hot inner ring. The common upgrade.
C418–33 µmHeavy interference fits and high-temperature service.
C525–45 µmThe loosest group in the table; special applications.

Values are the pre-mounting radial internal clearance for a single-row deep groove 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 3–18 µm and C3 is 11–25 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 15 mm shaft would take instead

DesignationSeriesTypeDOverall size (B / T / H)Section (D − d)/2vs 6002
6002Extra-light — this bearingDeep groove ball329 B8.5—
6170261700 Series — Extra-thinDeep groove ball214 B3-11 mm on D, -5 mm B
6180261800 Series — Ultra-thinDeep groove ball245 B4.5-8 mm on D, -4 mm B
6190261900 Series — ThinDeep groove ball287 B6.5-4 mm on D, -2 mm B
5110251100 Series — LightThrust ball289 H6.5-4 mm on D
NA4902NA 49 Series — LightNeedle roller2813 B6.5-4 mm on D, +4 mm B
NA5902NA 59 Series — Light, wideNeedle roller2818 B6.5-4 mm on D, +9 mm B
NA6902NA 69 Series — Light, extra wideNeedle roller2823 B6.5-4 mm on D, +14 mm B
1600216000 Series — NarrowDeep groove ball328 B8.50 mm on D, -1 mm B
5120251200 Series — MediumThrust ball3212 H8.50 mm on D, +3 mm H
62026200 Series — LightDeep groove ball3511 B10+3 mm on D, +2 mm B
12021200 Series — LightSelf-aligning ball3511 B10+3 mm on D, +2 mm B
22022200 Series — Light, wideSelf-aligning ball3514 B10+3 mm on D, +5 mm B
3020230200 Series — LightTapered roller3511.75 T10+3 mm on D, +2.75 mm T
63026300 Series — MediumDeep groove ball4213 B13.5+10 mm on D, +4 mm B
13021300 Series — MediumSelf-aligning ball4213 B13.5+10 mm on D, +4 mm B
23022300 Series — Medium, wideSelf-aligning ball4217 B13.5+10 mm on D, +8 mm B
3030230300 Series — MediumTapered roller4214.25 T13.5+10 mm on D, +5.25 mm T

18 series across five 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 →