SKF - Rolling Bearings

SKF life testing
SKF life testing
SKF endurance testing activities are concentrated
at the SKF Engineering & Research
Centre in the Netherlands. The test facilities
are unique in the bearing industry with regard
to sophistication and the number of test rigs
and are ISO 17025 accredited. The centre also
supports work carried out at the research
facilities of the major SKF manufacturing
facilities.
SKF undertakes life testing, mainly to be
able to continuously improve the design, the
materials and the manufacturing processes of
bearing products. Furthermore it is also
essential to develop and continuously improve
the engineering models required for the
design of bearing applications.
Typical endurance testing activities include
tests on bearing population samples under:
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• full-film lubrication conditions
• reduced lubricant film conditions
• predefined contamination conditions of the
lubricant
SKF also undertakes life tests to:
• verify the performance commitments made
in product catalogues
• audit the quality of the SKF standard bearing
production
• research the influences of lubricants and
lubricating conditions on bearing life
• support the development of theories for
rolling contact fatigue
• compare with competitive products
The powerful and firmly controlled life tests
combined with post-test investigations with
state-of-the-art equipment make it possible
to investigate the factors that affect the life of
the bearings in a systematic way.
High performance SKF Explorer and SKF
Energy Efficient (E2) bearings are examples of
the implementation of the optimized influencing
factors on the basis of analytical simulation
models and experimental verification at the
component and complete bearing level.
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