1300 SeriesSelf-aligning BallMediumBore code 01ISO 15

1301 Double-row Self-aligning Ball Bearing

1301 is a double-row self-aligning ball bearing, medium series, with a 12 mm bore, a 37 mm outside diameter and a 12 mm width. Those numbers — the bore, outside diameter, width and the 1 mm minimum chamfer — are ISO 15 standard values, identical for every manufacturer.

1301 — bore 12 mm, outside diameter 37 mm, width 12 mm (B)Ø d 12Ø D 37front viewB 12r s min 1side view
1301 — double-row self-aligning ball bearing, medium seriesISO 15 boundary dimensions · mm · Not to scale
bore d12 mm
outside diameter D37 mm
width B12 mm
Bore code01
Radial section12.5 mm
Designation
1301
Type
Double-row self-aligning ball bearing — radial
Bore code
01 — 12 mm
Bore d
12 mm (0.4724 in)
outside diameter D
37 mm
width B
12 mm — the assembled width
Chamfer, r s min
1 mm — minimum, not nominal
Radial section
12.5 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 12 mm comes from

Type code1 — double-row self-aligning ball bearing
Series13 — medium
Bore code01
Bore arithmeticspecial case — 12 mm

This one is not assembled the way the rest of this library assembles a designation — 1301 is written 13 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 01 gives 12 mm.

Position in the series2 of 21 in 1300 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 13-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 12 mm shaft would take instead

DesignationSeriesTypeDOverall size (B / T / H)Section (D − d)/2vs 1301
1301Medium — this bearingSelf-aligning ball3712 B12.5—
6170161700 Series — Extra-thinDeep groove ball184 B3-19 mm on D
6180161800 Series — Ultra-thinDeep groove ball215 B4.5-16 mm on D
6190161900 Series — ThinDeep groove ball246 B6-13 mm on D
5110151100 Series — LightThrust ball269 H7-11 mm on D
60016000 Series — Extra-lightDeep groove ball288 B8-9 mm on D
1600116000 Series — NarrowDeep groove ball287 B8-9 mm on D
5120151200 Series — MediumThrust ball2811 H8-9 mm on D
62016200 Series — LightDeep groove ball3210 B10-5 mm on D
12011200 Series — LightSelf-aligning ball3210 B10-5 mm on D
22012200 Series — Light, wideSelf-aligning ball3214 B10-5 mm on D
63016300 Series — MediumDeep groove ball3712 B12.50 mm on D
23012300 Series — Medium, wideSelf-aligning ball3717 B12.50 mm on D

13 series across three 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 →