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Australian Standard
ISO 5593:1984

Rolling bearings—Vocabulary
AS 4172—1994
 This Australian Standard was prepared by Committee ME/37, Rolling Bearings. It was
approved on behalf of the Council of Standards Australia on 28 October 1993 and
published on 21 March 1994.
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Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Federation of Automotive Products Manufacturers
Institution of Engineers Australia
Metal Trades Industry Association of Australia
Railways of Australia Committee
Society of Automotive Engineers—Australasia

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 AS 4172—1994

Australian Standard
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Rolling bearings—Vocabulary

First publi shed as AS 4172—1994.

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PREFACE

This Standard was prepared by the Standards Australia Committee on Rolling Bearings. It is identical with and
has been reproduced from ISO 5593:1984, Rolling bearings—Vocabulary .
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CONTENTS

Page

1 Scope and field of application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

2 Principles and rules followed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

3 Terms and definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

01 Bearings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

01.01 Rolling bearings — General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

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01.02 Radial bearings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

01.03 Thrust bearings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

01.04 Linear bearings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

01.05 Ball bearings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

01.06 Roller bearings ........... ... .. .... ........ .... 4

02 Bearing parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

02.01 Bearing parts — General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

02.02 Features of bearing parts — General ........... ... .. 6

02.03 Bearing rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

02.04 Bearing washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

02.05 Rolling elements ........... ... .. .... ........ ... 9

02.06 Cages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

03 Bearing arrangement and sub-units ........... ... .. .... ..... 10

03.01 Bearing arrangements ........... ... .. .... ....... 10

03.02 Sub-units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

03.03 Rolling element and cage assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

04 Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

04.01 Dimension plans and series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

04.02 Axes, planes, directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

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04.03 Boundary dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

04.04 Dimensions of sub-units and parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

05 Dimensions associated with tolerances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

05.01 Bore diameter and outside diameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

05.02 Width and height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

05.03 Chamfer dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

05.04 Ball dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

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05.05 Roller dimensions ........... ... .. .... ........ .. 16

05.06 Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

05.07 Running accuracy ........... ... .. .... ........ .. 16

05.08 Internal clearance ........... ... .. .... ........ .. 18

06 Torque, loads and life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

06.01 Torque ........... ... .. .... ........ .... .. ... . 18

06.02 Actual loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

06.03 Equivalent loads ........... ... .. .... ........ ... 19

06.04 Load ratings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

06.05 Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

06.06 Calculation factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

07 Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

07.01 Housings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

07.02 Location and securing ........... ... .. .... ....... 20

4 Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Alphabetical indexes

English . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
 AUSTRALIAN STANDARD
Rolling bearings—Vocabulary
1 Scope and field of application
This International Standard establishes a vocabulary of
terms, with their definitions, applied in the field of
rolling bearings and their technology. The terms and
definitions are given in English and French.
NOTE — Only terms which are part icular to the pert inent field,
or which in this field are defined in a parti cular way, are
included.
2 Principles and rules followed
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2.1 Organization of the Vocabulary
The Vocabulary comprises
a) terms, with their definition, in systematic
order (see clause 3);
b) figures with index numbers of relevant terms
(see clause 4);
c) alphabetical listings of the terms, with their
index numbers.
The Vocabulary can be used in several ways:
— if a term is known in either language, its
index number is established in the pertinent
alphabetical listing and then the definition of the
term, its equivalent in the other language, and
references to illustrations may be found in
clause 3;
— a bearing, part or dimension may be identi-
fied in one of the figures of clause 4, giving the
index numbers of the relevant terms in clause 3;
— a required term, with definition, may be
established directly by means of a search in
clause 3.
2.2 Organization of clause 3 on terms
definitions
The terms and definitions are given in groups and sub-
groups, arranged in systematic order.
A two-digit serial number is assigned to each group,
beginning with 01 for Bearings.
Each group is divided into sub-groups, to each of which
is assigned a 4-digit serial number, the first two digits
being those of the group.
Each entry (see 2.2.1) is assigned a 6-digit index
number, the first four digits being those of the sub-
group.
1
2.2.1 Organization of an entry
Each entry contains an index number, the term and the
text of the definition.
An entry may also include a note and/or reference to
one or more figures in clause 4 [for example
(Figure 5.)].
The index number and the term are printed in bold
typeface. In some entries the term is followed by a
qualifier. A qualifier is printed in normal typeface in
parentheses and indicates a directive for the use of the
term or a particular field of application of the term as
defined.
The absence of a generally accepted term for the
concept in the language is indicated by a row of dots.
2.2.2 Use of parentheses
In some terms a word or words printed in bold typeface
are placed between parentheses. These words are part
of the complete term, but they may be omitted when
use of the abridged term does not introduce ambiguity.
In some entries the terms are followed by words in
parentheses in normal typeface. These words are
qualifiers (see 2.2.1) and not part of the term.
2.2.3 Use of [square] brackets
When several closely related terms can be defined by
the same texts apart from a few words, the terms and
their definitions are grouped in a single entry. The
words to be substituted for those which precede them
in order to obtain the different meanings are placed in
brackets, i.e. [ ], in the same order in the term and in
the definition.
and
2.2.4 Use of italic typeface
A term printed in italic typeface in a definition or a note
is defined in another entry of the Vocabulary. It is only
printed in italic typeface the first time it occurs in each
entry.
The basic form of each such term is included in the
alphabetical index, where the index number of the
corresponding entry is shown.
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