Service looks beyond the bearing

Total Shaft Solutions from SKF is a new service claimed to address any rotating shaft problem.

Total Shaft Solutions from SKF is a new service claimed to address any rotating shaft problem, benefiting customers with improvements in machine performance, reduced maintenance and downtime, together with improved plant profitability.

Any machine that has rotating shafts also has a multitude of potential problems: misalignment, vibration, poor bearing fitting and ageing technology among many others.

Under Total Shaft Solutions, SKF's engineers glean a full understanding of the operation of a particular machine and also the needs and objectives of the plant operator.

By sharing the responsibility for devising a solution to any identified rotating shaft problem, SKF takes on a far greater role than merely that of bearing supplier.

The aim is to increase profitability by improving machine running, reducing the cost of ownership (maintenance and spare parts) and maximising plant uptime and efficiency.

To achieve the objectives of both SKF and its customers, the company carries out condition monitoring, undertakes root cause failure analysis, studies the lubricants and investigates all aspects of the machine from its mechanical design to the materials and surface finishes of the shafts, housings and bearings.

With its pedigree in both bearings and condition monitoring, SKF brings a broad range of world leading products and services to identifying and solving rotating shaft problems, along with the capability of analysing a host of other machine problems, monitoring machine health and fulfilling routine maintenance requirements.

SKF's specific competence in rotating machinery also gives the customer the highly specialised engineering skills needed to advise on eliminating potential problems, from changing the fundamental elements of the machine design to recommending fitting and alignment procedures and processes.

Finally, the Total Shaft Solution package is backed by the best possible logistics support to customers, through SKF's national and international network of distributors.

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