All articles for "Bearing life"

Engineering Competence

A new performance class for angular contact ball bearings

SKF has developed a new performance class for standard angular contact ball bearings – the SKF Explorer series. The series is now being launched in [...]
Bearing life,Bearings,Design,Engineering consultancy,Reliability,
Engineering Competence

Chinese railways right on track

China’s rail system is undergoing a massive overhaul – with ambitious new rail lines and new and upgraded technology to lower costs and improve [...]
Bearing life,Bearings,Engineering consultancy,Railways,Research and development,
Industry

Service enhancement

In early 2002, SKF acquired Erin Engineering and Research Inc of Walnut Creek, California. The company provides maintenance engineering to the power [...]
Bearing life,Condition monitoring,Maintenance,Monitoring and diagnostic,
Engineering Competence

Simulation of dynamic behaviour of rolling bearings

Computer simulation techniques have been developed to focus on the dynamic behaviour of rolling bearings. This can provide insights into phenomena [...]
Automation,Bearing life,Condition monitoring,Digitization,Engineering tools,Monitoring and diagnostics,
Manufacturing

A mounting guarantee

To ensure proper mounting of large bearings, SKF is launching a new SensorMount system. The SensorMount system includes a sensor, factory-fitted to [...]
Bearing life,Bearings,Engineering tools,Monitoring and diagnostic,
Engineering Competence

Tailored bearing surfaces for optimum operating characteristics

Superimposing patterns on the bearing surface can be beneficial in some situations, especially under poor lubrication conditions.Studies carried out [...]
Bearing life,Bearings,Engineering tools,Integrated maintenance solutions,Research and development,
Engineering Competence

The SKF formula for rolling bearing life

The demands for safe design and lighter, competitively priced products have put a new emphasis on predictability of rolling bearing performance. This [...]
Bearing life,Research and development,