When assembling a strategy for increasing equipment uptime, choosing high-quality SKF bearings is a great place to start.A well controlled operating environment is essential. Proper shaft to housing fits, proper alignment, proper lubrication and protection from contaminants provide the foundation. Your bearings must be correctly installed. Bearings are precision components
and require specialized tools and knowledge for correct mounting. And your bearings must be properly maintained, which means more than providing adequate lubrication.

   To assist you in these areas, SKF has put together the industry’s first comprehensive program for maximizing bearing service life. The SKF Trouble-Free Operation^TM program offers you not only the highest quality bearings with the highest design life, but also all the tools, training and assistance you need to install, monitor and maintain bearings correctly.

   The exact bearing for your needs SKF offers the broadest product line in the industry, featuring every basic bearing type for virtually every type of application and in a quality level unsurpassed in the industry. This unmatched variety allows you to choose the exact bearing to meet your load, speed and space requirements.
Unique bearings that set the standard

Special applications sometimes call for unique solutions. As the world’s leading bearing supplier, SKF is eminently qualified to help.
Whether you’re developing a new product, placing new demands on existing machinery, searching for higher precision and better performance or confronting continual premature bearing failure, chances are SKF can recommend a solution.

   SKF also offers various levels of factory reconditioning services – from cleaning and inspection to raceway regrinding and roller replacement. These services can save you up to 75% of the cost of a new bearing.
Quality bearings deserve quality tools

SKF is the only bearing manufacturer that offers a complete line of quality tools for bearing mounting and dismounting. Whether the installation requires mechanical, hydraulic or heating methods, there is an SKF maintenance tool that can make the job easier, quicker and more accurate.
For over 80 years, SKF has pioneered new techniques to meet the changing requirements of industry. For example, SKF developed the oil injection method for accur-ately mounting medium to large bearings.

   And, SKF hydraulic nuts are the industry standard for precise placement of a bearing on a tapered seat, adapter or withdrawal sleeve.

   The SKF range of lubricants runs far beyond the usual. SKF greases can meet most requirements on temperaure, load and speed that you will encounter – including the most demanding.

   All SKF maintenance tools reflect the same quality and attention to detail that you will find in SKF bearings. And each is designed to help you achieve maximum fitting precision and reliability and, ultimately, maximum bearing life.
Greater productivity through training

The foundation of good maintenance is knowledge. That is why SKF also offers specialized, professional training in every aspect of bearing maintenance.

   The SKF Bearing Maintenance Institute (BMI) offers a comprehensive course schedule designed to make you an expert in bearing maintenance. BMI teaches everything from the fundamentals of rolling bearing technology to the latest techniques in lubricant analysis and preventative maintenance.

   Sometimes it’s better to train at your location. The SKF Plant Maintenance Road Show brings bearing knowledge to your facility. And SKF also conducts seminars on specific industries, concentrating on unique machinery and bearing applications.
Everything you need

The SKF Trouble-Free Operation ^TM program elements are designed to help you overcome specific obstacles in achieving the maximum service life built into every SKF bearing.

   Ask your SKF Distributor or local SKF representative how this program can help increase your machine uptime and lower your total bearing costs.

   The SKF Bearing Maintenance Institute will conduct seven industrial Maintenance & Service Seminars at the SKF Industrial Service Center in York, Pennsylvania and five additional seminars throughout the U.S. in 1999.

   BMI, now in its 17th year, is the most comprehensive bearing maintenance training course in the industry, and regularly hosts full-capacity audiences. Engineers, technicians, managers and others wishing to attend are advised to call for reservations at least two weeks in advance. Dates and locations appear below.

   BMI is recommended for all persons with bearing maintenance responsibilities, especially those from industrial plants, public utilities and commercial buildings.

   The three-day seminar covers virtually every major topic associated with the care and handling of bearings. Attendees learn the fundamentals of rolling bearing technology, bearing selection and loading, nomenclature, lubrication and measuring and fitting procedures for shafts and housings. They also gain a basic understanding of why bearings fail. Attendees are encouraged to bring with them specific bearing failure problems they’ve experienced at their facilities. BMI instructors will explain how to identify and interpret the cause of the bearing failures so that users can prevent them from happening again.

   Underlying much of the seminar’s course work are innovative SKF maintenance concepts that are gaining acceptance throughout industry as preferred methods for reducing equipment downtime due to bearing failure and increasing productivity. BMI also addresses both Trouble-Free Operation and Shaft System Management with a combination of lectures and hands-on practice with bearing installation and maintenance tools and instruments that gauge component health.

   Attendees successfully completing the course earn 1.8 Continuing Education Units (CEU). All attendees are issued comprehensive literature for use during the seminar and as technical references on the job. They include the 920- page SKF General Catalog, which contains specifications on more than 25,000 bearing products and accessories and the SKF Bearing Maintenance Handbook, which is a practical working guide for maintenance professionals.

   Classes are limited to 30 participants. For more information about the SKF Bearing Maintenance Institute, please call (717) 751-2900.