SKF bearings cross reference | SKF bearing interchange

The latest SKF bearings cross reference guide, the SKF bearing interchange table can help you match SKF bearings with other well-known bearing brands. Help customers make the right choice.

SKF Group headquarters is established in Gothenburg, Sweden, and is bearing technology and manufacturing leader. Sven Wingquist invented the double-row self-aligning ball bearing in 1905, and then founded the Svenska Kullargerfabriken Swedish ball bearing manufacturing company in 1907, referred to as SKF.

If you’re looking to change your bearings into SKF bearings, Nodes bearings make these tables about SKF bearing cross-reference. Please refer to SKF bearing designation.

SKF single row deep groove ball bearings interchange

SKF angular contact ball bearings interchangeable

Description		SKF	FAG	NSK	NTN	TIMKEN
Single row angular contact ball bearings	Light	72xxB	72xxB	72xxB	72xxB	72xxWN
	Medium	73xxB	73xxB	73xxB	73xxB	73xxWN
	Heavy	74xxB	74xxB	74xxB	74xxB	74xxWN
Double row angular contact ball bearings	Light	32xxA	32xx	52xx	52xx	52xx
	Medium	33xxA	33xx	53xx	53xx	53xx
Part Number Suffix	40° contact angle	B	B	B	B	WN
	30° contact angle	A		A	A
	25° contact angle	AC		A5
	Non-contact seal	-2RZ	2RS		LLM
	Contact seal	-2RS1	2RSR		LLD
	Shield on both sides	-2Z	2Z		ZZ	DD

SKF Spherical Ball Bearing Interchange

Description		SKF	FAG	NSK	NTN
Part number	Extra narrow	12xx	12xx	12xx	12xxS
	Narrow	13xx	13xx	13xx	13xxS
	Wide	22xx	22xx	22xx	22xxS
	Extra-wide	23xx	23xx	23xx	23xxS
Part Number Suffix	Tapered bore	K	K	K	K
	Contact seal	-2RS1	2RS

SKF Roller bearings cross reference

SKF cylindrical roller bearings interchangeable

Description	Description	SKF	FAG/INA	NSK	TIMKEN
Cylindrical roller bearings	have two integral flanges on the outer ring and no flanges on the inner ring	NU	NU	NU	NU
Prefix	have two integral flanges on the inner ring and no flanges on the outer ring	N	N	N	N
	have two integral flanges on the outer ring and one on the inner ring	NJ	NJ	NJ	NJ
	have two integral flanges on the outer ring and one integral flange and one non-integral flange	NUP	NUP	NUP	NUP
	Inch bearings	CRL
		CRM
	High-capacity	NCF	SL18		NCF
	High-capacity	NJG	SL19
	Double row	NNU	NNU	NNU
	Double row	NN	NN	NN
	Double row	NNUP
	Double row, full complement	NNCL	SL02
	Double row, full complement	NNCF	SL1850
	Double row, full complement	NNC	SL0148
			SL0149
	Double row, full complement	NNF	SL0450

SKF spherical roller bearings interchange

Description		SKF	FAG	NSK	TIMKEN
Part Number	Very light	239xx	239xx	239xx	239xx
	Light	230xx	230xx	230xx	230xx
		240xx	240xx	240xx	240xx
	Medium	231xx	231xx	231xx	231xx
		241xx	241xx	241xx	241xx
	Heavy	222xx	222xx	222xx	222xx
		232xx	232xx	232xx	232xx
	Extra-heavy	213xx	213xx	213xx	213xx
		223xx	223xx	223xx	223xx
Part Number Suffix	Retaining flanges on the inner ring, guide ring centered on the inner ring machined brass cage	CA, CAC	M	CAM	YM
	Flangeless inner ring, guide ring centered on the inner ring, two stamped steel cages	CC(J), CJ		C, CD	CJ
	Optimized internal design for increased load carrying capacity	E	E1	EA
	Tapered bore, taper 1:12	K	K	K	K
	Tapered bore, taper 1:30	K30	K30	K30	K
	Annular groove and three lubrication holes in the outer ring	W33	S	E4	W33
	Bearing for vibratory applications, surface-hardened stamped steel cages	VA405	T41A	C4U15-VS	W800C4
	Same as VA405, but PTFE coated cylindrical inner ring bore	VA406

Comparison table of SKF linear bearing series type number

KBS	NTN	STAR	INA	SKF	FAG
KH．．	KH．．	0658-0．．-00	KH．．	LBBR．．	LNA．．
			(LBBS．．)		(LNA．．)
KH．．PP	KH．．LL	0658-2．．-40	KH．．PP	LBBR．．2LS	LNA．．2RS
			(LBBR．．2LS)		(LFA．．2RS)

*The above is for stamping straight line

KBS	NB	THK	EASE
LM．．	SM．．G	LM．．	SDM．．
LM．．UU	SM．．GUU	LM．．UU	SDM．．UU
LM．．AJ	SM．．GAJ	LM．．AJ	SDM．．AJ
LM．．UUAJ	SM．．GUUAJ	LM．．UUAJN	SDM．．UUAJ
LM．．OP	SM．．GOP	LM．．OP	SDM．．OP
LM．．UUOP	SM．．GUUOP	LM．．UUOP	SDM．．UUOP

*The above types are the metric size series commonly used in Japan and other countries

KBS	NB	THK	EASE
LMB．．	SW．．G	LMB．．	SDB．．
LMB．．UU	SW．．GUU	LMB．．UU	SDB．．UU
LMB．．AJ	SW．．GAJ	LMB．．AJ	SDB．．AJ
LMB．．UUAJ	SW．．GUUAJ	LMB．．UUAJ	SDB．．UUAJ
LMB．．OP	SW．．GOP	LMB．．OP	SDB．．OP
LMB．．UUOP	SW．．GUUOP	LMB．．UUOP	SDB．．UUOP

*This type is the inch size type mainly used in the United States

KBS	NB	INA	SKF	THK	IKO	IKO	EASE
LME．．	KB．．G	KB．．	LBAR/LBCR．．	LME．．	LBE．．	MA M．．	SDE．．
LME．．UU	KB．．GUU	KB．．PP	LBAR/LBCR．．2LS	LME．．UU	LBE．．UU	MA M．．WW	SDE．．UU
LME．．AJ	KB．．GAJ	KBS．．	LBAS．．	LME．．AJ	LBE．．AJ	MA M．．ADJ	SDE．．AJ
LME．．UUAJ	KB．．GUUAJ	KBS．．PP	LBAS．．2LS	LME．．UUAJ	LBE．．UUAJ	MA M．．ADJ WW	SDE．．UUAJ
LME．．OP	KB．．GOP	KBO．．	LBAT/LBCT．．	LME．．OP	LBE．．OP	MA M．．OPN	SDE．．OP
LME．．UUOP	KB．．GUUOP	KBO．．PP	LBAT/LBCT．．2LS	LME．．UUOP	LBE．．UUOP	MA M．．OPN WW	SDE．．UUOP

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