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There are over 30,000 NTN products in our on-line
database. Everything from tiny micro bearings to large industrial
mounted units. You may search for NTN products in several ways:
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By NTN
Part Number
You can search for exact NTN Part Numbers (e.g.:
6203LLUNRC3/5C), or by partial
NTN Part Numbers (e.g.: all bearings that start with
620...).
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By
Competitor's Part Number
You can select from more than 180 other manufacturers,
and then search by their part numbers (exact
or partial) to find equivalent NTN products.
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By
NTN Product Category, Type, Size, and Features
You can find any NTN product by its characteristics
... gradually narrowing your search until you arrive
at precisely the product you want.
There are also several Hints
and Tips to help you with your searches, printing
detailed data sheets, downloading DXF drawing files, etc..
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Part Number |
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First, be sure NTN BEARING CORP.
is in the "Select Manufacturer"
dropdown list box.
TIP: To quickly select NTN Bearing Corp.
and clear the Part Number box at the same time, click
the "Start Over" button.
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If you think you know the exact NTN
Part Number you are looking for, just type it in
the "Enter Manufacturer's Part Number"
box (e.g.: 6203LLU), make sure that the "Exact
Part Number" radio button is selected (just
click on the words "Exact Part Number" to select
it; a black dot will appear to the left of the words when
it is selected), and click the "Search"
button.
If the exact NTN Part Number you typed in exists in the
database, you will be taken directly to the Detailed Data
Specification Sheet for that part number.
If the NTN Part Number you
typed in does not exist in the database,
you will be taken to the "Nothing Found ..."
page. This can happen for a couple of reasons:
1. You made a mistake when typing in the part number.
Use the Back Button in your browser to return to the Search
Page and check the number, re-typing it if necessary.
HINT: A common mistake is to type the letter
"O," when you really meant the numeral
"0." TIP: The
Part Number box is not case-sensitive ... searching for
6203LLU is the same as 6203llu.
2. The part number you typed in is valid, but the part
is not yet in the on-line catalog's database. You can
ask for assistance via e-mail from the
NTN
Product Engineering and Technical Support Team.
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If you don't know
the exact part number, but you think you know
what the part number begins with, click the "Part
Number begins with ..." button, and type
as much of the number as you know into the box. Your results
will vary, depending on how many "hits" your
search returns ...
For example, if your search results in:
More than 10 hits — you will get
back a page where you can narrow your search by specifying
a measurement (Bore, O.D., or Width), or a particular
feature (seal, shields, etc.). For example, if you were
to enter "620" in the Part Number box, you would
get back 2,315 records! Obviously, this is a bit too many
to scroll through, so the results page gives you additional
choices with which to narrow your search to a more manageable
number.
2 to 10 hits — you will get back
a list of the products that match your search. Each of
the listings will show all of the features for each product,
and the exact complete part number. You may then select
the exact product you want from this list.
Exactly 1 Hit — you will be taken
directly to the Detailed Specification Sheet for that
product, which you may review on-screen, print out on
your laser printer, or download a DXF drawing file for
that product (if one is available).
No Hits — You'll get the "Nothing
Found ..." page, as described above.
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by Competitor's Part Number |
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When you Search by Competitor's Part Number, you
are actually searching for an NTN part (or parts) which can
be substituted for — i.e.: is an interchange for
— the competitor's part.
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First, select the target manufacturer
from the "Select Manufacturer"
dropdown list box. For example, if you are looking for
an NTN interchange for an FAG bearing, select "FAG"
from the "Select Manufacturer"
dropdown list.
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Next, enter the target manufacturer's
part number (FAG's Part Number, in this example) in
the "Enter Manufacturer's Part Number"
box.
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Make sure the appropriate option is selected
under the Part Number box ("Exact Part
Number" or "Part Number Begins
With ...").
TIP: If you get no results using the Exact Part
Number option, try the same search but use the Part
Number Begins With ... option.
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Click the Search button ...
The results of your search will be the NTN part (or parts)
which can be substituted for the competitor's part. (If you
know you've entered a correct part number for another manufacturer's
product, but the system does not return any equivalent NTN
parts, it doesn't necessarily mean that NTN does not make
a suitable interchange ... it may just not be in the on-line
interchange database. E-mail your questions to the NTN
Product Engineering and Technical Support Team.}
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| Searching
by Category, Type, Size, and Features |
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This is what's called a "drill-down"
search. You start with the broadest general definition of what
you're looking for (the Category), and then "drill down"
through more and more specific layers of definition (the Type,
the Size, and the Features), until you reach the exact product
you're after.
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First, select the general Category
into which your target fits. (Ball Bearings, Roller Bearings,
Mounted Units — Eccentric Collar Type, etc.)
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Whichever Category you select will take
you to a page listing all the various Product Types within
that Category. On this page, select the Type
of product you're looking for.
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This takes you to the next step in the "drill-down,"
where you select the Size you want. For
some products, you may have several different dimensions
which you may specify (in the case of Ball Bearings, for
example, you could specify Bore, Outside Diameter (O.D.),
or Width). For other products, there may be only two,
or perhaps even just one, dimension which you can specify.
In any event, if you have more than one dimension which
you can specify, select the most important one first (you'll
have an opportunity to specify the other dimension(s)
later).
After specifying your most critical dimension,
your next step will depend on the number of NTN products
that match the criteria you have already specified.
For example, if you had selected the Ball Bearing Category,
the Single Row Deep Groove Type, and
the Bore = 1.1024" (28mm) as your most critical Size,
the next page of results you would get back would show
that there are 14 bearings which match all of those criteria.
You could then do one of three things:
Click the "Browse These 14 Records" button and
view a list of all 14 bearings which match your search
criteria so far, or ...
Further narrow your search by specifying an O.D. or a
Width dimension, or ...
Further narrow your search by specifying a particular
Feature.
(Note that the other dimension choices, and feature choices,
are limited by the search criteria you have selected up
to this point. In this example, since we have already
specified that we are looking for a Single Row Deep Groove
Ball Bearing with a Bore of 1.1024" (28mm), only
those dimensions and features which apply to a bearing
of that description will be available.)
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When searching by Part Number,
you must enter at least 3 characters (numbers or letters)
in the "Enter Manufacturer's Part Number"
box.
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When searching by Part Number,
make sure that the search limiter buttons below the
"Enter Manufacturer's Part Number" box are
properly set, i.e.:
Exact Part Number or Part Number
begins with ...
Many bearings have a "basic" bearing number
followed by some letters and/or numbers that denote
certain features. The result set your search returns
may be significantly different depending on how these
search limiter buttons are set.
For example, with the search limiter button for "Exact
Part Number" turned on, a search for "6203"
will return only one bearing (in fact, you'll be taken
directly to the detailed specification sheet), but the
same search will return 491 records with "Part
Number begins with ..." selected as the search
limiter!
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When searching by Part Number,
and you don't know an Exact Part Number, nor do you
know what the Part Number begins with, but you think
that you do know a string of 3 or more characters
that appears somewhere within the Part Number,
you can do a Part Number contains ...
search by preceding the partial Part Number with a percent
sign (%).
For example, if you know the bearing you're looking
for has a Part Number that contains "302,"
you can find all bearings in the database that contain
"302" by entering "%302"
in the "Enter Manufacturer's Part Number"
box. (Depending on the character string you enter, you
may be taken to a page where you must select the bearing
type.)
In order for this Part Number contains ...
search to work, you must select the "Part
Number begins with ..." search limiter under the
"Enter Manufacturer's Part Number" box.
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Printing Detailed Specification
Sheets. The Detailed Specification Sheets (Data
Sheets) are designed to print well on 300dpi resolution
or higher printers. They are designed for 8.5"
x 11" (21.6cm x 28cm) paper. On some printers,
the right side and bottom of the Data Sheet may be cut
off. If this happens, set the printer's page
margins to .25" (.65cm) all around —
top, bottom, left, and right.
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Downloading DXF files.
There are two places where you can download a DXF drawing
file of a bearing: in the list view, or on the Detailed
Specification Sheets. If a DXF file is available for
a particular bearing in a list of bearing search results,
there will be a link called "DXF File" in
the right-most column of the listing. At the bottom
of a Detailed Specification Sheet, if a DXF drawing
file is available, there will be a button called "Download
DXF File."
Different browsers have slightly different methods of
downloading files; in some, a simple left-click on the
link will do, and in others you will need to right-click
on the link and then select "Save Target As ..."
or "Save Link As ..." in the drop-down menu
that appears.
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