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Celebrating 100 Years of the Spherical Roller Bearing



The spherical roller bearing (SRB), designed to help engineers accommodate heavy radial and axial loads in applications prone to misalignment or shaft deflections, celebrates its 100th birthday this year thanks to SKF.

"Originally developed in 1919 by an SKF engineer, Arvid Palmgren, the SRB has since made its mark worldwide," said a company spokesperson.

"Created to complement the self-aligning ball bearing, due to its ability to accommodate misalignment under heavy loads, the initial SKF design has now become part of the largest family of products in the industry," added the spokesperson.

On the fabled Las Vegas strip, the High Roller ferris wheel contains two of the largest SRBs ever produced by SKF, each weighing in at 8.8 ton. SKF spherical roller bearings can be found in many applications, including some where you might not expect them. A good example is the Bahrain World Trade Center, where three tower wind turbines, each 29 m in diameter, are architecturally installed between the two 240-m-high (50-story) towers and generate 1,300 MWh per year. The main shafts of the turbines were equipped with SKF spherical roller bearings. The turbines went online in March 2008 and are operational 50% of the time, depending on wind conditions. Another alluring application fitted with SRBs is the rebirth of the Zeppelin after 60 years of absence following the Hindenburg disaster. SKF was brought in by ZF, the gearbox manufacturer for the Zeppelin NT, to help the new and improved airships to propel forward.

SKF's extensive SRB range delivers a range of benefits for specific operating conditions. For example, operators in contaminated environments in heavy industrial applications have increased their bearing rating life by up to four times with sealed SKF spherical roller bearings. Those working in the harshest of environments have benefitted from SKF's Three-Barrier Solution that delivers cost-effective, optimized rating life, minimal maintenance spherical roller bearings. "New dimension gearbox design has even become possible due to SKF Explorer SRB's long service life and high performance," said the spokesperson.

Petra Öberg Gustafsson, Product Line Manager Self Aligning Bearings at SKF said, "From the very start, SKF has taken the lead in the development of self-aligning bearings. We introduced spherical roller bearings in 1919 and have been consistently improving them ever since. Building on Arvid Palmgren's original design, we now offer engineers the widest range of both open and sealed spherical roller bearings in the industry. With the continued push for high performance in ever more challenging environments, it will be interesting to see what the next 100 years of development generates."

For more information contact:

SKF USA Inc.

890 Forty Foot Rd.

Lansdale, PA

267-436-6000 

www.skf.com

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