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Mining, mineral processing and cement making operations face some of the toughest and most remote working conditions on earth. With heat, contaminants, vibration, heavy loads and extreme production demands where lost days can be very costly, you need machinery you can trust. Meet these challenges head on to achieve uptime you can rely on, while reducing maintenance costs and safety risks.

SKF has been a global technology provider for more than a century. We offer a wide range of solutions for rotating equipment, such as bearings, seals, lubrication, condition monitoring and maintenance services. We are represented in around 130 countries, with more than 40 000 employees and 17,000 distributor locations worldwide.

Climate change caused by human activity presents an existential threat to life on this planet. Greenhouse gas emissions need to reduce rapidly to net-zero by 2050, and for this to happen, the global economy needs to transform from being dependent on fossil fuel to being carbon-free, circular, and clean.

Our customers need assets that can run longer, cleaner, and more safely, so our largest contribution lies in what we can do with, and for, them. With a strategic focus on clean technology, we’re therefore developing the solutions needed to help make industries competitive, sustainable – and support their need for rapid growth.

By making products lighter, more efficient, longer-lasting, and repairable, as well as improving the performance of our customers’ products, we intend to help our customers – and the industry as a whole – to reach significant energy and carbon savings. This isn’t just business. We see it as a moral obligation to our customers, shareholders, employees, and future generations to do everything we can to help realize the transformation from fossil fuel dependency to carbon neutrality.

Whether you want to solve a specific rotating equipment problem, increase your plant and equipment performance, or improve your overall maintenance strategy and efficiency, SKF is your partner. With access to unique application insights, together with the right products, connected technologies and solutions, we can help you get the performance you are looking for from your rotating equipment, delivered via flexible business agreements.

Performance demands are different for every business. But with rotating equipment, the ultimate objective is to maximize the reliability and output from your machinery and your production process, whilst driving down the total cost of ownership over the life cycle.

With experience from almost every industrial sector and machine type, SKF can work closely with you throughout a machine’s complete lifecycle, using our knowledge, experience and insight to provide improved equipment design specifications, as well as the high-quality products, services, and advice required to help you meet your business objectives.

SKF has decades of expertise in bearing remanufacturing. It is carried out at dedicated remanufacturing centres with specialists following strict specifications.

After cleaning, components are inspected polished and replaced if necessary. The bearings are restored to like new condition and provided a new warranty. SKF Remanufacturing service is a thorough process. The service can also be provided to large size bearing housings and save you millions in avoided new part and downtime costs.

Why scrap and replace when you can remanufacture?

SKF leads the industry with its SKF Explorer performance class bearings, which last longer and run cooler than conventional bearings. This improves reliability, reduces maintenance and repair costs.

For low-speed conveyor applications, SKF offers the Three Barrier Solution with the sealed SKF Explorer spherical roller bearing in a sealed housing. SKF Explorer spherical roller bearings (VA405) for vibrating screens have long service life and cooler operating temperatures than other bearings. SKF also supplies slewing bearings, spherical plain bearings, housings and accessories.

SKF has a full line of rotary shaft seals, hydraulic seals, and static seals. The SKF large diameter seals with PTFE excluder wipers are proven to be effective in increasing service life in abrasive conditions.

SKF SPEEDI-SLEEVE is used to recondition worn shafts and for new sealing surfaces. SKF can machine special seals, up to 4m in diameter and made from various materials, to solve tough sealing problems.

SKF has a number of specific greases suitable for the mining and cement industries and a full line of grease and oil lubrication systems. We also provide lubrication management consultancy to optimize and reduce the lubrication usages at mines and cement plants.

SKF RecondOil closes the loop on the use of industrial lubrication oil. By combining our patented Double Separation Technology (DST) with high-performing SKF oil, we can extend the lifespan of the oil almost endlessly.

What is Double Separation Technology (DST)?

DST is a new technology for industrial oil regeneration. This ground-breaking, patented technology can change the way we view industrial oils – from a costly consumable to a fully circular asset.

What makes DST different?

DST does not replace conventional filters. Instead, it is an addition that takes you beyond conventional filtering. Your oil becomes cleaner than ever before. And by removing even the smallest contaminants, we can prevent your oil from aging. This means that the same oil can be used again and again. In some cases, indefinitely.

Where can DST be used?

Well, in almost any industry: metal working; pulp and paper; mining; general manufacturing; marine applications and more. Almost anywhere where industrial oil is used.

What are the benefits?

You might never have to buy new oil again. Or dispose of used oil. Besides saving you money, it can also result in a significant reduction of your carbon footprint. In addition, for many processes, ultra-clean oil can bring substantial performance improvements and longer machine life.

The cement industry is well known as a demanding operating environment. Machinery used in cement plants must withstand some of the toughest conditions in the manufacturing sector.

An on-site inspection by the SKF remanufacturing team showed that the bearings could be used again after a remanufacturing process.

Having worked with SKF on previous projects, the mine requested a split bearing option that could reuse the current housings.

Solutions that increase machinery reliability and reduce workers’ exposure to hazardous conditions are important to all industries.

Digital tools for equipment monitoring are getting smarter, more powerful and more cost effective.

SKF’s Technical Manager from SKF Turkey, Burak Kasımoğlu describes the vital role that a proper lubrication strategy can play in ensuring - and even increasing - the efficiency of machinery in mining, mineral processing and cement facilities.

Profitability, productivity, worker health and safety, and environmental compliance are challenges that are well known in the industry. But some of the most significant and easily implemented improvements are still far from commonplace.

SKF has decided to allocate SEK 3 billion to meet its energy and decarbonization goal by 2030, which is a key element of the Group’s strategy. The Group has also decided to ban any fossil fuel investments in its own operations, as well as to replace direct fossil gas use with renewable energy or approved non-fossil fuel alternatives by 2029.

Product Category Rules (PCR) for the bearing industry, initiated and driven by SKF, have been approved by The International EPD System. This will enable bearing purchasers to make more informed and sustainable choices, while also promoting greater transparency and accountability in the product supply chain.

SKF has extended its Microlog Analyzer family of data collection devices with a new model that offers faster measurement collection and greater diagnostic power.

The dashboard provides illustrative examples based on how emissions differ in various positions across industry applications.

SKF has extended its range of large bearings for roller presses, with a sealed version that prolongs service life.

Increased uptime for critical and non-critical conveyors.

The mine management wanted ten Komatsu HD 785-7 dumper trucks to be equipped with automatic lubrication systems.

SKF research gives customers new tools in the war against unplanned downtime, says Bernie Van Leeuwen, Head of SKF’s Research & Technology Development.

Renewed focus on usability and customer needs changes the way SKF conducts its research and development activities.

SKF Coopers new range of split spherical roller bearings will help customers, especially those in the mining sector, reduce maintenance and boost safety.

SKF has announced the introduction of the Lincoln electrically driven lubricator (EDL1).

Professionals in the mining industry are facing many challenges. Operations managers and site managers need to increase availability and output.

Reduce mean time to repair and improve worker safety – for increased productivity.

With SKF industrial bearing inspection and remanufacturing services, there’s a more cost-effective way to increase the remaining life in your bearings and avoid long and costly replacement times.

Double bearing service life with large size sealed SKF Explorer spherical roller bearings for HPGRs and roller presses.

Performance optimised. Maintenance minimised.

Reduce downtime without large capital investments – predict, plan and optimize horizontal grinding mill performance.