Auto-balancing technology smooths out machinery

The novel SKF DynaSpin auto-balancer continually counteracts imbalance in rotating machinery.

Imbalance is the standard cause of vibration in rotating equipment.

The imbalance varies with time and is difficult to correct.

However, the consequent vibration can lead to machine problems, through mechanical stress, and can also cause problems to humans; through noisy running machines and, in the case of power tool operators, long-term physical harm though "white finger".

To solve these problems, the novel SKF DynaSpin auto-balancer continually counteracts imbalance in rotating machinery.

By mounting DynaSpin on a rotating shaft of an unbalanced rotor, the system becomes balanced.

The freely moving balls, with the dynamic power of natural forces, automatically shift their position to create a balance that remains constant, regardless of the imbalance variations, resulting in significantly reduced vibrations.

As an example, on a washing machine, the vibrations during spinning have been reduced by 90%, with a concurrent reduction in noise.

As well as providing more human comfort, in reducing noise and vibration, the mechanical stress on the machine and its electronic components is minimised, with the electronics receiving protection from premature 'death' from chronic physical stress.

The same reduction in vibration allows DynaSpin to provide significant benefits in a wide range of other industrial and domestic applications.

In the use of power tools, vibrations and jerking movements can quickly tire the arms and hands.

These vibrations can also cause "white finger" which, in recent years, has become a huge health and safety issue.

The use of DynaSpin dramatically reduces this problem and so provides the combined benefits to employers of increased production with less worry about employees' health.

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