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Offer description
The SKF three-barrier solution

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Contaminated environment

Bearing environment

Very
Harsh
Clean 18%
25%

Harsh
Contaminated 29%
28%

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Bearing failure due to contamination

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SKF three-barrier solution
– a cost efficient, heavy duty sealed bundle

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= the basis of the SKF three-barrier solution…

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SKF three-barrier solution

Sealed spherical roller bearing

Grease filling Grease filling

Labyrinth seal Labyrinth seal

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SKF three-barrier solution

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Value proposition – OEM and AM Slide from Conveyor
NMO 2007

Conveyor unit – sealed spherical roller bearing

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• New and attractive range for • Sleeves for sealed units

• New environmentally
the conveyor industry - full range
friendly grease to be
• Cylindrical and tapered bore used in SKF or customer
housing. Acts as the third
• On stock for the main variant protection

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Value proposition – OEM and AM Slide from Conveyor
NMO 2007

Conveyor unit – sealed spherical roller bearing

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Standard S seal or L When needed SKF provides

seal for the housing. SNL housings
Less need for taconite

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Value proposition – OEM and AM Slide from Conveyor
NMO 2007

Conveyor unit – sealed spherical roller bearing

• Compact solution and downsizing (OEM)
• Simplified design process. Reduced width in solution
- no need for taconite (OEM)

The new offer will:

• Reduce maintenance. Reduce cost of handling
grease (purchase, use, destruction) (AM)
• Improve service life. MTBF (AM) by higher
cleanliness (AM) and by avoiding contamination at
assembly (OEM/AM)

The solution is also:

• Environmentally friendly (OEM/AM) and brings a
higher degree of “health & safety” to the application
(OEM/AM)

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Value Proposition – OEM and AM Slide from Conveyor
NMO 2007

Prolong the service life of the conveyor unit.

The SKF sealed spherical roller bearing will
exceed the expected life of the pulley lagging
(coating).

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Seal knowledge Slide from Conveyor
NMO 2007

”Three barriers” In a normal design with ”open” bearing the same grease
is used to fill the house and to lubricate the bearing.
• Labyrinth seal as a primary seal
• Bearing seal as a secondary seal This means that as soon as the contaminant (particles,
air, water) passes the outer seal it will start to effect the
• Grease fill in cavity for harsh conditions lubrication of the bearing.

Particles can enter the rolling contact and create

The cavity between the two seals
should be filled with grease to
prevent contamination from
entering the bearing
damages. Air will start to detoriate the lubrication ability
of the grease and give shorter life. Water can start to
corrode the surfaces.
All this implies that you need a very good outer seal.
A one seal system is also very risky to use since as
soon as you get a damage on the seal it will fail to work.

With a Sealed SRB and the three barrier system you

have the option to use different grease than the bearing
grease to fill the house. It can be a low cost, high
performance, or as SKF recommends, a biodegradable
grease (LGGB2).

The function of the bearing will be as good as it gets

since the bearing grease has been selected and
developed by SKF for the sealed SRB. It is filled in a
clean factory environment with the right amount, the right
proceedure and at the right place inside the bearing.

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Sealed SRB Slide from Conveyor
NMO 2007

Sealed SRB increases Mean Time Between Failure - MTBF (longer service life)

Decrease MTTR

has limited value

MTBF MTTR
Reliability

Time

Sealed SRB increases MTBF

• Decrease in Maintainance To Repair (MTTR)

solutions as split SRB, have limited value
compared to increase in MTBF

• Real Value is to increase MTBF

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