NU 22 SeriesCylindrical RollerWide lightBore code 11ISO 15

NU2211 Single-row Cylindrical Roller Bearing

NU2211 is a single-row cylindrical roller bearing, wide light series, with a 55 mm bore, a 100 mm outside diameter and a 25 mm width. Those three numbers are ISO 15 standard values, identical for every manufacturer.

NU2211 — bore 55 mm, outside diameter 100 mm, width 25 mm (B)Ø d 55Ø D 100front viewB 25side view
NU2211 — single-row cylindrical roller bearing, wide light seriesISO 15 boundary dimensions · mm · Not to scale
bore d55 mm
outside diameter D100 mm
width B25 mm
Bore code11
Radial section22.5 mm
Designation
NU2211
Type
Single-row cylindrical roller bearing — radial
Bore code
11 — 55 mm
Bore d
55 mm (2.1654 in)
outside diameter D
100 mm
width B
25 mm — the assembled width
Radial section
22.5 mm = (D − d) / 2

Nominal values in millimetres as published in ISO 15, the boundary dimension plan this type is tabulated in. This type is not tabulated with a chamfer here: ISO 15 gives a tapered roller two separate values while the catalogues consulted publish only one of them, and the thrust tables contradict each other inside a single table — so no chamfer figure meets this library’s rule of a checkable second source, and none is printed. That is an absence, not a zero. 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 55 mm comes from

Type codeN — single-row cylindrical roller bearing
Structure letterU — which ring carries the ribs
Dimension series22 — wide light
Bore code11
Bore arithmetic11 × 5 = 55 mm

The designation is four fields: the type code, a structure letter, the dimension series and the bore code — which is why NU2211 is written N then U then 22 then 11. The letter records which ring carries the ribs; every series in this library is NU, and NU shares its boundary dimensions with NJ, NUP, N and NF, which differ only in that arrangement. For codes 04 and above the bore is the code multiplied by five, which is why 11 gives 55 mm. The four exceptions are 00, 01, 02 and 03 at 10, 12, 15 and 17 mm.

Position in the series8 of 15 in NU 22 Series

Radial internal clearanceISO 5753-1, bore 50–65 mm

GroupRadial internal clearanceWhen it is used
C210–40 µmTighter than default; for fits that already take up the clearance.
CN (normal)40–70 µmThe default — usually not marked on the bearing at all.
C360–90 µmInterference fits, electric motors, hot inner ring. The common upgrade.
C480–110 µmHeavy interference fits and high-temperature service.
C5110–140 µmThe loosest group in the table; special applications.

Values are the pre-mounting radial internal clearance for a single-row cylindrical 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 40–70 µm and C3 is 60–90 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 55 mm shaft would take instead

DesignationSeriesTypeDOverall size (B / T / H)Section (D − d)/2vs NU2211
NU2211Wide light — this bearingCylindrical roller10025 B22.5—
6171161700 Series — Extra-thinDeep groove ball687 B6.5-32 mm on D
6181161800 Series — Ultra-thinDeep groove ball729 B8.5-28 mm on D
5111151100 Series — LightThrust ball7816 H11.5-22 mm on D
6191161900 Series — ThinDeep groove ball8013 B12.5-20 mm on D
60116000 Series — Extra-lightDeep groove ball9018 B17.5-10 mm on D
1601116000 Series — NarrowDeep groove ball9011 B17.5-10 mm on D
5121151200 Series — MediumThrust ball9025 H17.5-10 mm on D
62116200 Series — LightDeep groove ball10021 B22.50 mm on D
12111200 Series — LightSelf-aligning ball10021 B22.50 mm on D
22112200 Series — Light, wideSelf-aligning ball10025 B22.50 mm on D
3021130200 Series — LightTapered roller10022.75 T22.50 mm on D
NU211NU 2 Series — LightCylindrical roller10021 B22.50 mm on D
63116300 Series — MediumDeep groove ball12029 B32.5+20 mm on D
13111300 Series — MediumSelf-aligning ball12029 B32.5+20 mm on D
23112300 Series — Medium, wideSelf-aligning ball12043 B32.5+20 mm on D
3031130300 Series — MediumTapered roller12031.5 T32.5+20 mm on D
NU311NU 3 Series — MediumCylindrical roller12029 B32.5+20 mm on D
NU2311NU 23 Series — Wide mediumCylindrical roller12043 B32.5+20 mm on D
64116400 Series — HeavyDeep groove ball14033 B42.5+40 mm on D

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