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Tolerances

For more than thirty years, NHBB has been an active member in the American Bearing Manufacturers Association (ABMA) and its associated ball bearing technical committee, the Annular Bearing Engineers’ Committee (ABEC). The ABEC tolerances listed in the attached document are current as of this posting. These tolerances are reviewed regularly and updated as required. The ABMA Standards may be obtained by contacting: ABMA, 2025 M Street, NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20036.

Inner Ring*

Characteristic ABEC 1 ABEC 3P ABEC 5P ABEC 7P ABEC 9P
Bore tolerance limits +.0000
–.0003
+.0000
–.0002
+.0000
–.0002
+.0000
–.0002
+.0000
–.0001
Bore 2 pt. out of roundness .0001 .0001 .00005
Bore taper .0001 .0001 .00005
Radial runout .0004 .0002 (1) .00015 .0001 .00005
Width variation .0002 .0001 .00005
Bore runout with face .0003 .0001 .00005
Race runout with face . .0003 .0001 .00005

*Measurement in inches.
(1) Add .0001 to the tolerance if bore size is over 10mm (.3937 inch).

Outer Ring*

CHARACTERISTIC CONFIGURATION SIZE RANGE ABEC 1 ABEC 3P ABEC 5P ABEC 7P ABEC 9P
Mean O.D. tolerance limits All 0-18 mm
(0-.7086 inch)
+.0000
–.0003
+.0000
–.0003
+.0000
–.0002
+.0000
–.0002
+.0000
–.0001
over 18-30 mm
(.7086-1.1181 inch)
+.0000
–.0004
+.0000
–.0003
+.0000
–.0002
+.0000
–.0002
+.0000
–.00015
Maximum O.D. tolerance limits Open 0-18 mm
(0-.7086 inch)
+.0001
–.0004
+.0001
–.0004
+.0000
–.0002
+.0000
–.0002
+.0000
–.0001
over 18-30 mm
(.7086-1.1811 inch)
+.0001
–.0005
+.0001
–.0004
+.0000
–.0002
+.0000
–.0002
+.0000
–.00015
Shielded 0-18 mm
(0-.7086 inch)
+.0002
–.0005
+.0002
–.0005
+.00004
–.00024
+.00004
–.00024

over 18-30 mm
(.7086-1.1811 inch)
+.0002
–.0006
+.0002
–.0005
+.00004
–.00024
+.00004
–.00024

O.D. 2 pt. out of roundness Open 0-18 mm .0001 .0001 .00005
Open over 18-30 mm .0001 .0001 .00008
Shielded 0-30 mm .0002 .0002
O.D. taper All 0-18 mm .0001 .0001 .0005
All over 18-30 mm .0001 .0001 .0008
Shielded 0-30 mm .0002 .0002
Radial runout All 0-18 mm .0006 .0004 .0002 .00015 .00005
All over 18-30 mm .0006 .0004 .0002 .00015 .0001
Width variation All 0-30 mm .0002 .0001 .00005
O.D. runout with face All 0-30 mm .0003 .00015 .00005
Race runout with face Plain 0-18 mm .0003 .0002 .00005
Plain over 18-30 mm .0003 .0002 .0001
Flanged 0-30 mm .0003 .0003
Flange width tolerance limits


+.0000
–.0020
+.0000
–.0020
+.0000
–.0020

Flange diameter tolerance limits


+.0050
–.0020
+.0000
–.0010
+.0000
–.0010

*Measurement in inches, unless otherwhie indicated.

Ring Width*

CHARACTERISTIC CONFIGURATION ABEC 1 ABEC 3P ABEC 5P ABEC 7P ABEC 9P
Width Single bearing +.000 +.000 +.000 +.000 +.000
–.005 –.005 –.001 –.001 –.001
Duplex pair +.000 +.000 +.000
–.015 –.015 –.015

*Measurement in inches.