WORLDWIDE LEADER IN BEARINGS AND STEEL

How Timken Serves

Oil and Gas
Customers

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Contents
Introduction .......................................... 3
1. Who Is Timken? .................................... 3
1.1 Timken Offers Quality Bearings for the
Application ........................................ 3
1.2 Beyond Bearings ................................ 4
Value-added products ............................... 4
Value-added services ............................... 5
1.3 Our Approach to the Oil and Gas Industry ....... 5
Uptime ............................................. 5
Availability of products ........................... 5
Quality ............................................ 5
2 Why Timken? – A Total Bearings Approach ............ 6

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Introduction
When it comes to the oil and gas industry, Timken is your one-stop source for
friction management solutions. Whether it’s high quality tapered, spherical,
cylindrical, needle, ball and thrust bearings or value added services, Timken is
committed to keeping oil and gas customers up and running.

1. Who Is Timken?
The Timken Company is a leading global manufacturer of highly engineered
bearings and alloy steels and a provider of related products and services with more
than 80 years experience in bearing applications for the oil and gas industry.

1.1 Timken Offers Quality Bearings for the Application

Utilizing proven techniques in metallurgy, design engineering and metrology,
Timken® bearings are produced to the industry’s highest standards from our
network of manufacturing facilities around the world. The result is a high
performing product that can withstand the harsh operating conditions commonly
found in oil and gas drilling/exploration.

Globally, you’ll find Timken®, Torrington® and Fafnir® branded bearings in the
following oilfield applications, but not limited to:

APPLICATION BEARING SOLUTION

Crown and traveling blocks
Rotary table
Drawworks and mud pumps
Tapered roller bearings
Ball bearings and cylindrical roller
bearings
Spherical, cylindrical and tapered
roller bearings

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Swivels and top drives Heavy-duty thrust bearings and

tapered roller bearings
Downhole mud motors Special angular ball bearings
Block hooks Cylindrical roller or ball thrust
bearings
Jack-up gearboxes Tapered roller bearings
Oilfield pumping units Tapered roller bearings
Well servicing pumps Spherical roller or ball bearings
Valves Ball bearings
Blowout preventers Tapered roller bearings
Shakers Spherical roller bearings

Timken also provides bearings for all popular original equipment brands,
including: National, Oilwell, Continental Emsco, Gardner Denver, Ideco, Wirth,
Varco, Brewster, Cooper, Canrig, Maritime Hydraulics, Bowen, Dreco and Lewco.

1.2 Beyond Bearings

Timken collaborates with both drilling/exploration original equipment
manufacturers as well as drilling contractors to select, maintain and service
bearings by employing a number of value-added product enhancements and
services.

Value-added products
Timken innovations, such as DuraSpexx™ and P900™ power dense bearings,
AquaSpexx corrosion resistant bearings, Debris resistance bearings, and Thin
Dense Chrome™ enhanced bearings help manage difficult environments. Timken’s

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product portfolio also includes StatusCheck™ and SPM® monitoring systems,

seals, single-point lubricators and a line of industrial greases.

Value-added services
In addition to bearing and related product innovations, Timken offers a full range
of value added services including: bearing repair, service engineering support, e-
commerce capabilities from Endorsia, maintenance and technical training seminars
and Timken express services.

1.3 Our Approach to the Oil and Gas Industry

Every day, Timken strives to provide exceptional value for oil and gas customers
through these products and value-added services. Our value is proven through
uptime, availability and quality.

Uptime
It’s all about increasing uptime and reducing maintenance costs. Timken realizes
this and works collaboratively with its customers to utilize the best combination of
friction management products and services to get the job done. The company’s in
depth application and maintenance knowledge is vital in delivering solutions that
improve keep your operation productive.

Availability of products
Timken’s bearing offering corresponds with the most popular sizes and Timken
authorized distributors around the world are integrating our complete bearing
offering into their inventory to assure product availability.

Quality
Quality is the cornerstone of The Timken Company. Whether it’s a standard
Timken bearing one with special enhancements, all are made to the same exacting
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quality standards oil and gas customers around the world have come to expect from
Timken.

2 Why Timken? – A Total Bearings Approach

Regardless if it’s for an offshore or onshore application, Timken wants to be your
oil and gas bearing and related products supplier of choice. Whether you’re
selecting a bearing, ordering replacement product from a Timken distributor or
need custom solutions for a difficult-to-manage condition, contact Timken as your
single-source for friction management solutions. To learn more, visit
www.timken.com/russian. We look forward to working with you.

Happy holidays from The Timken Company.

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