N215 bearing: complete specifications & equivalents

Specification table

Source: catalog reference (NTN Ball and Roller Bearings CAT.No.2203E) · extracted 2026-10-01

Parameters extracted from the official NTN Ball and Roller Bearings catalogue (NTN Ball and Roller Bearings CAT.No.2203E); NTN® is a trademark of NTN Corporation, used here for identification only — mpnbase is not an authorized NTN distributor. Boundary dimensions are ISO 15 interchangeable; current production values may differ, verify at ntnglobal.com.

Cross references & equivalents

Interchange levels: full standard interchange · partial verify parameters · verify manual confirmation required. Links resolve to the equivalent model's specification page where available.

How the N215 model number is decoded

In NTN Ball and Roller Bearings CAT.No.2203E, N215 appears as a 75 mm bore single-row cylindrical roller bearing (107 kN C / 111 kN C0) with a pressed sheet-steel cage, listed to the ISO 15 boundary plan. The leading N defines the rib arrangement (inner ring ribbed, outer ring ribless); the dimension-series digits and the two-digit bore code resolve to 75 mm, with 130 mm OD and 25 mm width from the ISO 15 general plan. Line contact between rollers and raceways gives N215 high radial capacity but no tolerance for misalignment: beyond roughly 3–4 arc-minutes the roller ends edge-load and fatigue accelerates. The 1.4 kN-per-mm-bore figure (107 kN over 75 mm) lets a N215 interchange candidate be screened quickly against the same-envelope ball or roller alternatives. Keep the open bearing wrapped until fitting: the line-contact raceways of the 75 mm bore indent under a single hard particle, and the steel cage provides no sealing of its own.

Typical equipment & failure modes

Selection pitfalls — read before you substitute

• Induction-heat the 75 mm inner ring (max 120 °C) and mount it before fitting the outer ring; the ring mass makes square guidance essential — driving through the rollers brinells the 130 mm raceway.
• Never press either ring through the roller complement when fitting: mounting force goes through the ring faces, or the 130 mm race brinells and releases as vibration within hours.
• Open N215 units need application-supplied sealing and a defined lubricant schedule; film thickness is the first failure mode for line contact when viscosity drops at the 75 mm contact.
• Never press either ring through the roller complement when fitting: mounting force goes through the ring faces, or the 130 mm race brinells and releases as vibration within hours.
• Wide (22/23) and light (10/49) executions at 75 mm bore share bore but not OD/width; check the full N200 series code before substituting, because housing and shoulder geometry will not interchange.
• The 107/111 kN ratings, 13.4 kN Pu and 1210 g mass are NTN Ball and Roller Bearings CAT.No.2203E values for N215 (standard execution); other makes sharing the ISO 15 envelope revise internal geometry without changing the order number, so keep the 2203E reference with the specification for critical drives.