INA F-229602 Printing Machine Needle Roller Bearing (F-Type)

INA · Schaeffler Group · F-Type Needle Bearing · In stock

The F-229602 is a heavy-duty needle roller bearing manufactured by INA (Schaeffler Group, Germany), purpose-built for the cylinder, register and impression sections of commercial printing presses. The "F" prefix identifies the full-complement drawn-cup variant — no internal cage, maximum load capacity in a small radial envelope — which is exactly what offset, flexo and gravure cylinders need to hold register at production speed. KOEED stocks F-229602 alongside the wider printing machine bearing catalog so MRO teams can replace a single worn bearing or a full set from one shipment.

Note: the on-page listing is sometimes displayed as "INAX F-229602" — this is a typo. The actual manufacturer is INA, the needle bearing and linear motion brand of the Schaeffler Group. All cross-references and dimensional data below refer to the genuine INA part.

Key Specifications

Datasheet Highlights

• Full-complement drawn-cup design (F-prefix). INA's F series eliminates the needle cage, packing the maximum number of needle rollers into the radial envelope. The result is roughly 20–30% higher radial load capacity than an equivalent caged HK bearing — a meaningful margin when a press cylinder is putting the bearing under continuous side load from plate tension and impression pressure.
• Pressed-steel outer ring, ground needle set. The outer ring is a thin-walled drawn cup that is typically mounted directly into the press housing bore (no inner ring required when the shaft is hardened and ground). This makes F-229602 a drop-in replacement for many OEM cylinder register positions and simplifies field replacement during planned maintenance windows.
• Optimized for oscillating and slow-rotating loads. Unlike deep-groove ball bearings, drawn-cup needle bearings tolerate the point-of-no-rotation and back-and-forth motion that register rollers see during makeready and color makeready. This is a key reason INA's F series is the OEM choice on cylinder-bearing positions of major press builders.
• Standard INA tolerance class and interchangeable with SKF / FAG / NSK equivalents. F-229602 follows INA's standard drawn-cup needle bearing geometry, so direct cross-references are available from INA, SKF (HK / NK series), FAG (SCE) and NSK (F-series) — useful when a press has been serviced from mixed inventories over its life.
• Operating envelope suitable for press room ambient conditions. Standard grease lubrication covers typical press room temperatures; high-speed ink-train and dryer-adjacent positions can be re-specified with high-temp grease on request.

Typical Applications

• Commercial offset presses. Cylinder and impression-bearing positions on Heidelberg Speedmaster, Komori Lithrone, KBA Rapida and Man Roland 700-series sheetfed presses. F-229602 is a common direct replacement for the original INA / OEM bearing specified on the cylinder journals.
• Newspaper and web offset presses. MRO replacement on MAN Roland, KBA Commander, Goss Sunday, Harris and similar web press lines where register rollers run in drawn-cup needle bearings.
• Packaging printing — flexo and gravure. Impression rollers, anilox support rollers and idler rollers on flexo stack presses and CI (central impression) gravure presses used in flexible packaging, label and shrink-sleeve production.
• Converting and finishing equipment. Rotary die cutters, laminators, slitter-rewinders and inspection machines that share the same drawn-cup needle bearing form factor.
• Press MRO and overhaul. When a press is taken down for a planned overhaul, F-229602 is typically specified alongside the matching F-series bearings on adjacent journals. KOEED can quote a full bearing set per press model — send your BOM to Moritta@KOEED.COM.
• Not sure if F-229602 fits your press? Send us a photo of the bearing tag (or the press model + journal position) and we will cross-reference it against your press's parts list. Common commercial printing press parts are kept in our active inventory.

Related Modules & Cross-Reference

Warranty & Authenticity

• Original INA (Schaeffler Group) product. F-229602 is sourced through KOEED's verified supply chain. The "INAX" string sometimes seen in the marketplace is a typo for INA — confirm Schaeffler / INA marking on the bearing itself before purchase.
• Pre-shipment inspection. Dimensional check, marking verification and visual inspection are performed before dispatch. Bulk and recurring orders can be supplied with full inspection reports on request.
• Worldwide shipping. DHL / FedEx / UPS door-to-door with typical 3–7 business day delivery to North America, Europe, the Middle East, South America and Southeast Asia. Sea freight for large bearing set orders.
• Quote within 24 hours. Send your part number, quantity and press model to Moritta@KOEED.COM and our team will respond with availability and pricing on the next business day. For a multi-line press overhaul BOM, use the Create a Quote form.
• Bulk pricing for MRO shops. Quantity breaks available for press MRO providers and bearing distributors. As with all KOEED quotations, pricing is confirmed by email — we do not publish fixed prices on product pages.
• Multi-brand context. KOEED's broader 9-brand matrix (Allen-Bradley, Siemens, Mitsubishi, Omron, Fanuc, Schneider, Yaskawa, Panasonic, KEYENCE for industrial automation) complements our mechanical components catalog, so MRO teams that manage both controls and rotating equipment can source from one supplier.