223 SeriesSpherical RollerWide mediumBore code 18ISO 15

22318 Double-row Spherical Roller Bearing

22318 is a double-row spherical roller bearing, wide medium series, with a 90 mm bore, a 190 mm outside diameter and a 64 mm width. Those numbers — the bore, outside diameter, width and the 3 mm minimum chamfer — are ISO 15 standard values, identical for every manufacturer.

22318 — bore 90 mm, outside diameter 190 mm, width 64 mm (B)Ø d 90Ø D 190front viewB 64r s min 3side view
22318 — double-row spherical roller bearing, wide medium seriesISO 15 boundary dimensions · mm · Not to scale
bore d90 mm
outside diameter D190 mm
width B64 mm
Bore code18
Radial section50 mm
Designation
22318
Type
Double-row spherical roller bearing — radial
Bore code
18 — 90 mm
Bore d
90 mm (3.5433 in)
outside diameter D
190 mm
width B
64 mm — the assembled width
Chamfer, r s min
3 mm — minimum, not nominal
Radial section
50 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 90 mm comes from

Type code2 — double-row spherical roller bearing
Dimension series23 — wide medium
Bore code18
Bore arithmetic18 × 5 = 90 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 18 gives 90 mm. The four exceptions are 00, 01, 02 and 03 at 10, 12, 15 and 17 mm.

Position in the series11 of 13 in 223 Series

Radial internal clearanceISO 5753-1, bore 80–100 mm

GroupRadial internal clearanceWhen it is used
C235–60 µmTighter than default; for fits that already take up the clearance.
CN (normal)60–100 µmThe default — usually not marked on the bearing at all.
C3100–135 µmInterference fits, electric motors, hot inner ring. The common upgrade.
C4135–180 µmHeavy interference fits and high-temperature service.
C5180–225 µmThe loosest group in the table; special applications.

Values are the pre-mounting radial internal clearance for a double-row spherical roller 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 60–100 µm and C3 is 100–135 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) 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 90 mm shaft would take instead

DesignationSeriesTypeDOverall size (B / T / H)Section (D − d)/2vs 22318
22318Wide medium — this bearingSpherical roller19064 B50—
6171861700 Series — Extra-thinDeep groove ball11010 B10-80 mm on D
6181861800 Series — Ultra-thinDeep groove ball11513 B12.5-75 mm on D
5111851100 Series — LightThrust ball12022 H15-70 mm on D
6191861900 Series — ThinDeep groove ball12518 B17.5-65 mm on D
5121851200 Series — MediumThrust ball13535 H22.5-55 mm on D
60186000 Series — Extra-lightDeep groove ball14024 B25-50 mm on D
1601816000 Series — NarrowDeep groove ball14016 B25-50 mm on D
62186200 Series — LightDeep groove ball16030 B35-30 mm on D
12181200 Series — LightSelf-aligning ball16030 B35-30 mm on D
22182200 Series — Light, wideSelf-aligning ball16040 B35-30 mm on D
3021830200 Series — LightTapered roller16032.5 T35-30 mm on D
NU218NU 2 Series — LightCylindrical roller16030 B35-30 mm on D
NU2218NU 22 Series — Wide lightCylindrical roller16040 B35-30 mm on D
22218222 Series — Wide lightSpherical roller16040 B35-30 mm on D
63186300 Series — MediumDeep groove ball19043 B500 mm on D
13181300 Series — MediumSelf-aligning ball19043 B500 mm on D
23182300 Series — Medium, wideSelf-aligning ball19064 B500 mm on D
3031830300 Series — MediumTapered roller19046.5 T500 mm on D
21318213 Series — MediumSpherical roller19043 B500 mm on D
64186400 Series — HeavyDeep groove ball22554 B67.5+35 mm on D

21 series across six 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) — 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 six bearing types — deep groove ball, self-aligning ball, tapered roller, thrust ball, cylindrical roller and spherical roller — each tabulated in its own boundary dimension plan.All families →