SKF’s new mud motor bearings
Developed after extensive research, SKF’s new mud motor bearings for applications in oil and gas drilling rigs not only offer working lives up to 50% longer than those of conventional products, but have also delivered a mean time between failure improvement of 30% in practical trials. As a result, the frequency of bearing replacement is dramatically reduced and, with downtime in the region of £140,000 per day, this means that substantial cost savings can be achieved.
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