Outside lubrication experts help improve protocols and minimize downtime.
Bearings
Safely immerse motor compressors in process gas without risking costly damage.
The best option for preventing bearing currents depends on the source of the problem.
Properly aligned bearings can be critical to the life and health of pumps.
A Russian oil & gas company produces a compressor station to maximize pipeline capacity.
A northeast Germany refinery increased its MTBF by upgrading eight pumps.
This equipment eliminated a SAG copper mill gearbox’s maintenance issues resulting from contact lip seals that had a short and unreliable service life.
Use a mathematical model that estimates vibration at the top bearing of a motor used on a vertical, wet-pit, column type pump.
Mapping and testing ensure proper fit and function of replacement parts.
To optimize the lubrication of a bearing, proper oil viscosity selection is essential.
A shaft grounding ring and ceramic insulation can improve motor bearing life when VFDs are used.
Three design techniques can lower the operating temperature of hot running,
tilting-pad thrust bearings.
GOTHENBURG (March 27, 2013) – SKF’s newly built bearing factory in Ahmedabad, India was awarded the coveted LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold certification by IGBC (India Green Building Council). With this certification, the Ahmedabad factory became the first bearing factory in India to be certified by LEED rating and the third SKF facility across the globe to attain a LEED certification.