Product Q&A: trends and developments in bearings

Advances

in automation and digitalisation are having a dramatic effect on the development and applications of bearing technologies. The Engineer spoke to experts from SKF, Schaeffler, and Igus to find out more.

Phil Burge - PR and Brand Awareness Manager, SKF

Sally Sillis - Schaeffler Technology Centre Manager, Schaeffler UK

Matthew ALdridge - MD, Igus

PB: As many industrial companies introduce digitalisation to boost productivity and efficiency, raise product quality and make supply chain improvements, our service offering has shifted to embrace this.

Although SKF’s primary expertise is in bearings, the way in which we provide that expertise is changing. We continue to help customers improve their Rotating Equipment Performance (REP), but this is increasingly being achieved through digitalisation: adding sensors to machines, combining different data sources, analysing by combining the data with our application expertise and providing the right recommendations for corrective actions at an early stage and in real time.

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