1200 SeriesSelf-aligning BallLightBore code 13ISO 15

1213 Double-row Self-aligning Ball Bearing

1213 is a double-row self-aligning ball bearing, light series, with a 65 mm bore, a 120 mm outside diameter and a 23 mm width. Those numbers — the bore, outside diameter, width and the 1.5 mm minimum chamfer — are ISO 15 standard values, identical for every manufacturer.

1213 — bore 65 mm, outside diameter 120 mm, width 23 mm (B)Ø d 65Ø D 120front viewB 23r s min 1.5side view
1213 — double-row self-aligning ball bearing, light seriesISO 15 boundary dimensions · mm · Not to scale
bore d65 mm
outside diameter D120 mm
width B23 mm
Bore code13
Radial section27.5 mm
Designation
1213
Type
Double-row self-aligning ball bearing — radial
Bore code
13 — 65 mm
Bore d
65 mm (2.5591 in)
outside diameter D
120 mm
width B
23 mm — the assembled width
Chamfer, r s min
1.5 mm — minimum, not nominal
Radial section
27.5 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 65 mm comes from

Type code1 — double-row self-aligning ball bearing
Series12 — light
Bore code13
Bore arithmetic13 × 5 = 65 mm

This one is not assembled the way the rest of this library assembles a designation — 1213 is written 12 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 13 gives 65 mm.

Position in the series14 of 21 in 1200 Series

No radial clearance table on this pagedouble-row self-aligning ball bearing

A self-aligning ball bearing does have radial internal clearance ranges of its own: ISO 5753-1 tabulates them for this type on a table of its own. That table is not reproduced here. The clearance table used elsewhere in this sub-library was taken from the radial-contact groove ball section of the same standard, and its figures are not this bearing’s — the bore of a 12-series bearing falls inside the span it covers, so a row can be looked up, but it would be a correct number under a wrong heading.

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) 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 65 mm shaft would take instead

DesignationSeriesTypeDOverall size (B / T / H)Section (D − d)/2vs 1213
1213Light — this bearingSelf-aligning ball12023 B27.5—
6171361700 Series — Extra-thinDeep groove ball807 B7.5-40 mm on D
6181361800 Series — Ultra-thinDeep groove ball8510 B10-35 mm on D
6191361900 Series — ThinDeep groove ball9013 B12.5-30 mm on D
5111351100 Series — LightThrust ball9018 H12.5-30 mm on D
60136000 Series — Extra-lightDeep groove ball10018 B17.5-20 mm on D
1601316000 Series — NarrowDeep groove ball10011 B17.5-20 mm on D
5121351200 Series — MediumThrust ball10027 H17.5-20 mm on D
62136200 Series — LightDeep groove ball12023 B27.50 mm on D
22132200 Series — Light, wideSelf-aligning ball12031 B27.50 mm on D
3021330200 Series — LightTapered roller12024.75 T27.50 mm on D
63136300 Series — MediumDeep groove ball14033 B37.5+20 mm on D
13131300 Series — MediumSelf-aligning ball14033 B37.5+20 mm on D
23132300 Series — Medium, wideSelf-aligning ball14048 B37.5+20 mm on D
3031330300 Series — MediumTapered roller14036 T37.5+20 mm on D
64136400 Series — HeavyDeep groove ball16037 B47.5+40 mm on D

16 series across four 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) — the same figure for every manufacturer. The section column is derived as (D − d) / 2. 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 13 mechanical part families in this database. This page covers four bearing types — deep groove ball, self-aligning ball, tapered roller and thrust ball — each tabulated in its own boundary dimension plan.All families →