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TYPICAL CERBEC® BALL AVAILABILITY

Saint-Gobain Ceramics is a leading supplier of precision finished silicon nitride balls for bearings and other applications. CERBEC Brand silicon nitride balls are manufactured and stocked in a wide range of sizes (1/32” to 2.5”), precision grades (3, 5, 10, 24, 48), and gauges (M3 to P3 typical) that are typically used in the bearing industry. The selection of CERBEC balls maintained by Saint-Gobain Ceramics is much more comprehensive in comparison to any other suppliers worldwide. If we don’t have it in stock, our Lean Manufacturing system can make it available very rapidly – typically less than 2 weeks.

The table below shows our typical ball sizes and grades. Any other size, grade, and gauge can be customized on request for your specific application.



Saint-Gobain Ceramics
Standard CERBEC® Ball Sizes and Grades


Sizes Grades
Inches mm 3 5 10 24 48
1/32"   X X      
  1.00 X X      
3/64"   X X      
  1.450 X X      
1/16"   X X      
  1.750 X X      
5/64"   X X      
  2.000 X X      
3/32"   X X      
  2.500 X X      
7/64"   X X      
  3.000 X X      
1/8"   X X      
9/64"   X X      
5/32"   X X      
  4.000 X X      
11/64"   X X      
3/16"   X X      
7/32"   X X      
  5.400 X X      
15/64"   X X      
  6.000 X X      
1/4"   X X      
17/64"   X X      
  7.000 X X      
9/32"   X X      
5/16"   X X      
  8.500 X X      
11/32"   X X      
3/8"   X X      
13/32"   X X      
7/16"   X X      
15/32"   X X      
1/2"   X X      
17/32"     X      
9/16"     X      
19/32"     X      
5/8"     X      
21/32"     X      
11/16"     X      
23/32"     X      
3/4"     X X    
13/16"     X X    
27/32"     X X    
7/8"     X X    
15/16"     X X    
1"     X X X  
1   1/8"     X   X  
1   1/4"         X  
1   5/16"         X  
1   3/8"         X  
1   7/16"         X  
1  1/2"         X  
1   11/16"            
1   5/8"           X
2"           X
2   1/8"           X
2   1/4"           X
2   1/2"           X
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