Optimize your Balance Machine
Balance machines such as ship loaders, stackers, and reclaimers often operate in very harsh environments and have many moving parts, which are prone to wear and potential failure. Stackers, reclaimers, and ship loaders are exposed to extreme operating conditions such as heavy loads, shock loads, and very harsh environments. These conditions can significantly impact reliability and performance.
SKF’s extensive range of bearings and monitoring solutions helps overcome these problems and in turn increases reliability, performance, and improves safety.
SKF's Solutions for Balance Machines
Slew Bearings
High resistance to overturning moments
Provides exceptional reliability & accuracy
Increases equipment availablity and productivity
Available in different designs upto 7.5 diameter to meet different balance machine requirements
Long service life
High load carrying capacity
High stiffness for rigid bearing application
Machined to accommodate clearance sensors
SKF’s real-time slew bearing monitoring involves fitting sensor units into the slew bearing during installation. The sensors collect internal clearances continuously, 24/7, providing a comprehensive picture of the slew bearing's internal condition. Machine learning using sophisticated algorithms allows an accurate interpretation of the data and providing a clear indication of wear rates and bearing health during operations.
Slew bearings real-time performance monitoring
Safe and easy to operate
Easy to install and maintain
Part of SKF's Integrated Digital Solution for balance machines
Real-time data with no need to remove the asset from service
Fitting sensors during installation
Sensors collect internal clearances continuously, 24/7
Sensors provide a comprehensive picture of the slew bearing's internal condition such as wear rates and bearing health during operations
Machine learning with sophisticated algorithms
The SKF Cooper split spherical roller bearing reduces mean time to repair (MTTR) by up to 70%. The unique split-to-the-shaft construction allows safer and time-saving in-situ bearing replacements in the drive end position. Sealed variant protects against contamination, reduces maintenance, and grease consumption in turn cutting the environmental impact.
Cooper Split spherical roller bearings & angled split housings
Reduces mean time to repair (MTTR) up to 70%
Unique split-to-the-shaft construction
Safe and time-saving in-situ bearing replacements in the drive end position
Sealead variant protects against contamination, reduces maintenance, and grease consumption in turn cutting the environmental impact
Compatible with SKF metric housings
Interchangeable with competitors’ split spherical roller bearings
Custom angled split housings can be supplied
Reduced risk of shaft fretting with better axial clamping
Easy to handle, and assembly requires no specialist tools
SKF’s real-time bucket wheel bearing monitoring involves fitting sensor units into the housing caps, in the vertical plane containing the axis of the shaft. The sensors detect the radial position of the shaft continuously, 24/7, and as an indirect measurement of the bearing radial internal clearance. Machine learning using sophisticated algorithms provides an accurate interpretation of the data, a clear indication of wear rates, and a comprehensive picture of the bearing's health during operations.
Bucket wheel drive bearings real-time performance monitoring
Fitting sensor units into the vertical plane axis of the shaft of the housing caps
Sensors detect the radial position of shaft continuously, 24/7
Machine learning using sophisticated algorithms
Monitoring provides a comprehensive picture of the bearing's health during operation including clear indication of wear rates and interpretation of the data
No staff required for the manual inspections
Continuous data acquisition during operation
Less downtime due to bearing clearance checks
No intrusive operation and no potential source of external contamination
It is part of SKF's Integrated Digital Solution for balance machines
SKF understands the challenges that operators face for balance machines conveyor pulleys and has worked hard to develop solutions that extend conveyor service life, improve performance, and reduce the total cost of ownership. The SKF Three-barrier Solution is an approach to maintaining and protecting pulley bearings that addresses potential threats on three fronts:
Conveyor Pulleys
Extends conveyor service life.
Improves performance.
Reduces the total cost of ownership.
The Three-Barrier solution maintains and protects pulley bearings.
The first barrier is an SKF industry-specific bearing housing with SKF Taconite sealing.
Barrier two is a high-quality housing cavity grease.
The third barrier is a Sealed SKF Explorer spherical roller bearing.
Solid Oil spherical roller bearings can be used as an alternative to open bearing for long travel bogie wheels. They are environment friendly and are suitable in dirty or humid areas, saltwater environments, hard to reach areas. Benefits include:
Long Travel Bogie Wheels
Can be used as an alternative to open bearing for long travel bogie wheels.
Environment friendly.
Suitable in dirty or humid areas, saltwater environments, and hard to reach areas.
Excellent sealing effect and requires no relubrication
Open or sealed execution
Resistant to many chemicals
Contains twice as much oil vs grease
Less maintenance operations
Read how SKF remote condition monitoring for slewing bearings helped one Australian mining customer avoid a catastrophic failure
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Read more about SKF Cooper Split Bucket Reclaimer offering
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Are you getting the best performance from your Balance Machine?
Improve Output
By optimizing the performance of your rotating equipment, you can increase availability, performance rate and quality – all driving greater Overall Equipment Effectiveness, and increasing output for your business.
More reliable rotation
Poor performance and unplanned downtime don’t just affect your productivity and cost of production, they can also directly affect the cost of energy, maintenance, spare parts and labour – all adding up to a greater Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). SKF can help you achieve more reliable rotation, so you can reduce your TCO.
Be more sustainable
SKF can work with you to reduce energy usage, spare parts consumption and more, helping you to deliver against your sustainability agenda, as well as saving on costs.
Gain new insights into your machinery
Gain visibility into the health of your equipment and turn data into performance-driving insights. Drive forward digitalization of your operations using Internet of Things (IoT) solutions to connect to your machinery. Connect directly to expert diagnostics and analysis, providing unrivalled application insights and advice to improve your balance machine.
Boost your supply chain resilience
Reducing supply and inventory costs is an integral part of increasing profitability, while maintaining appropriate spare parts inventory. SKF can help you rationalize and align critical equipment spares with SKF availability.
Operate more safely
Planned maintenance means safer maintenance. Whether you want to improve operational safety, reduce product safety risks or navigate the minefield of regulations, SKF can help you drive operational safety. With monitoring services, you can find your way to planned and safer maintenance.
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SKF's Slewing bearing high resistance to overturning moments provides exceptional reliability and accuracy, and as a result, increases equipment availability and productivity. Available in different designs up to 7.5m diameter to meet balance machine requirements.
