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Prefix and Suffix of LYC bearings

The commonly used supplementary codes by LYC are listed in the following and the meanings are explained as:

Prefix  
L Removable inner or outer ring of a separable bearing
R Bearing without removable inner or outer ring (only suitable for needle roller bearingsof type NA)
K Roller and cage assembly
WS Shaft washer of a cylindrical roller thrust bearing
GS Housing washer of a cylindrical roller thrust bearing
KOW Thrust bearing without shaft washer
KIW Thrust bearing without housing washer
LR Bearing with removable inner ring or outer ring and rolling elements assembly
   
Suffix  
Internal design
A Deviating or modified internal design
B Standard type (the design contents can be altered according to different bearing structures)
C Example: B indicates nominal contact angle a = 40 for angular contact ball bearings, and it
D   indicates the increased contact angle for tapered roller bearings. C indicates nominal
E           contact angle a = 15 for angular contact ball bearings.  E indicates the reinforce bearings.
AC                 Nominal contact angle a =25  for angular contact ball bearings
D                   Split bearings 
   
Codes of seats, shields and external designs
K                Tapered bore, taper 1:12 on diameter
K30            Tapered bore, taper 1:30 on diameter
R                Bearing with flanged outer ring
N                Bearing with snap ring groove in outer ring
NR              Bearing with snap ring groove in outer ring and snap ring
-RS             Embedded case rubber seal at one side of the bearing (rubbing seal)
-2RS           Embedded case rubber seals at both sides of the bearing (rubbing seal)
-RZ             Embedded case rubber seal at one side of the bearing(non-rubbing seal)
-2RZ           Embedded case rubber seals at both sides of the bearing (non-rubbing seal)
-Z               Bearing with shield at one side
-2Z              Bearing with shields at both sides 
   
Codes of bearing materials
/HE        Rings, rolling elements and cages, or only rings and rolling elements, made of electroslagrefined bearing steel ZGCr15, ZGCr15SiMn
/HA        Rings, rolling elements and cages, or only rings and rolling elements, made of vaccum arc-melted steel
/HU        Rings, rolling elements and cages or only ring and rolling elements, made of unable hardening stainless steel lCr18Ni9Ti
/HV        Rings, rolling elements and cages, or only ring and roiling elements, made of hardening stainless steel (/HV-9Crl8, /FM-9Crl8Mo)
/HN        Rings and rolling elements, made of heat-resisting bearing steel  (/HN-Cr4Mo4V, /HNI-Cr 14Mc)4, /liN2-Crl5Mo4V, /1-fN3-Wl8Cr4V)
/HC        Rings rolling elements, or only rolling elements, made of carburized steel (/HC-2OCr2Ni4 A, /HCI-2OCr2MoA, /liC2-15Mn)
/HP        Rings and rolling elements, made of beryllium bronze or other anti-magnetic matertials.
/HG Rings and rolling elements, or only rings, made of other bearing steels     (HG-5CrmnMo, /HG1-55SiMoVA)
F            Solid cage, made of steel, nodular cast iron or powder metallurgy, the additional figure indicates the different materials
             Fl-carbori steel, F2-graphite steel, F3-nodular cast iron, F4-powder metallurgy
Q           Bronze solid cage, the additional figure indicates the different materials
  Q1-ferro-aluminium manganese bronze, Q2-ferro-silicon zinc bronze,
  Q3-nichrome silicon bronze, Q4-alurninium bronze
M Brass solid cage
L            Light alloy solid cage, the additional figure indicates the different materials L-LY11CZ, L1-LY12CZ
T            Phenolic resin solid cage
TH         Glass-fibre-reinforced phenolic resin cage (basket type)
TN         Moulded cage with engineering plastic, the additional figure indicates the different
  materials   TNI-nylon, TN2-polysulfone, TN3-polyimide TN4-polycarbonate, TN5-polyfoffnal dehydez
J              Pressed steel plate cage, the additional figure indicates the different materials
Y            Pressed brass plate cage, the additional figure indicates the different materials
SZ          Cage is made of spring steel wire or spring plate
V            Full complement beating (without cage) 
   
Tolerance and clearance
/P6         Tolerance class conforms to standard group 6
/P6X       Tolerance class conforms to standard class 6x
/P5        Tolerance class conforms to standard class 5
/P4        Tolerance class conforms to standard class 4
/P2 Tolerance class conforms to standard class 2 
/Cl        Internal clearance conforms to standard group 1
/C2        Internal clearance conforms to standard group 2
/C3        Internal clearance conforms to standard group 3
/C4        internal clearance conforms to standard group 4
/C5        Internal clearance conforms to standard group 5
/C9        Bearing internal clearance differs from the present standard, the tolerance class and  clearance can be simplified into /P63R43, when they need to be expressed  simultaneously 
                                  
Codes of bearing arrangement 
/DB        Back-to-back arrangement
/DF        Face-to-face arrangement
/DT        Tandem arrangement 
   
Other bearing features
/Z         limited values of the vibration acceleration level, the additional figures indicate the different limited values, as Z1, Z2, Z3
/V         Limited values of the vibration speed level, the additional figures express the different values, as V1, V2, V3
/S0        The bearing rings are tempered through heat treatment, and the operating temperature is up to 150 C
/SI        The bearing rings are tempered through heat treatment, and the operating temperature is up to 200 C
/S2        The bearing rings are tempered through heat treatment, and the operating temperature is up to 250 C
/S3        The bearing rings are tempered through heat treatment, and the operating temperature is up to 300 C
/S4        The bearing rings are tempered through beat treatment, and the operating temperature is up to 350 C
/W20       The bearing with three lubrication holes in outer ring
/W26 The bearing with six lubrication holes in outer ring 
/W33       The bearing with a lubrication groove and six lubrication holes in outer ring
/W33X The bearing with three lubrication holes and six lubrication holes in outer ring
/AS        The beating with lubrication hole in outer ring, the additional figure shows the numbers of oil hole (used for needle roller hearings)
/IS The bearing is filled with special grease for high temperature, grease quantities differ  from the standard filling are identified by an additional letter
/HT          The bearing is filled with special grease for high temperature, grease quantities differ  from the standard filling are identified by an additional letter
  A:: grease quantity is less than standard filling
  B: grease quantity is more than standard filling
  C: full quantity of grease
/LT          Bearing with the grease for lower temperature, the additional letter is the same meaning as /HT
/MT         Bearing with the grease for medium temperature, the additional letter is the same meaning as /HT
/LHT         Bearing with the grease for lower or higher temperature, the additional letter is the same meaning as /HT
/Y           Combinations of the letter Y with another letter or figure can identify differences from the standard design which are not concluded by other established suffixes
   /YA  Modification of structures (comprehensive expression)
   /YA1 The outer surface of bearing outer ring differs from that of standard design
   /YA2 The outer surface of bearing outer ring differs from that of standard design
   /YA3 The outer surface of bearing outer ring differs from that of standard design
   /YA4 The outer surface of bearing outer ring differs from that of standard design
   /YA5 The outer surface of bearing outer ring differs from that of standard design
   /YA6 The outer surface of bearing outer ring differs from that of standard design
   /YA7 The outer surface of bearing outer ring differs from that of standard design
   /YA8 The outer surface of bearing outer ring differs from that of standard design
   /YA9 The outer surface of bearing outer ring differs from that of standard design
   /YA10 The outer surface of bearing outer ring differs from that of standard design

  1. If suffix Y with another letter or additional figure are presented in bearing designations, the product drawings or the supplementary specifications must be looked up.

  2. In this catalog, LYC designations of inch size tapered roller bearings are basically corresponding to TIMKEN designations.

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Tolerance class of LYC Bearings

LYC

0

6

5

4

2

ISO

0

6

5

4

2

ANSI

ABEC-1

ABEC-3

ABEC-5

ABEC-7

ABEC-9

SKF

0

P6

P5

P4

P2

DIN

0

P6

P5

P4

P2

JIS

0

6

5

4

 

Chemical Composition of  Steels for LYC bearings (%)

Element

C

Si

Mn

Cr