MechChem Africa March-April 2022

Customer standardises on SKF bearings and grease The professionalism and thoroughness of SKF South Africa’s Authorised Distributor, Bearing Services Springs, during a basic lubrication inspection, has resulted in the supply of lubrication solutions, grease, and SKF bearings to a leading building materials manufacturing customer. “W hile we were assisting with on-site demon- strations of our Mapro products at the cus- which is also an environmental benefit,” notes Verster.

transmission products, including chain and sprockets. “The customer is so satisfied with our product and service solutions that it has requested us to duplicate these successes at another of its plants South of Johannesburg,” discloses Verster. “Planning is already in place to commence with a CNA- Lube and also on the cards is a Fan solution focused on optimising Rotating Equipment Performance (REP) as well as training for our customer’s staff.” www. skf.com SKF’s SKF System 24 LAGD and TLSD lubricators ensure that the correct quantity of lubricant is carried to the required lubrication points.

“We are extremely pleased that on top of the fact that the customer is using System 24 and now only stocking SKF bearings, it also took our advice to standardise on SKF LGWA 2 and LGHQ 2 grease,” con- tinues Verster. She adds that the Bearing Services Springs team is in the process of setting up consignment stock for the cus- tomer and that it has been presented with a large RFQ for the supply of SKF power

tomer’s request, we identified a number of lubrication issues,” explains SKF Product Manager for Maintenance Products, Eddie Martens. “In addition to the fact that lubrica- tionwas not being carriedout reliablyon their equipment, we alsodiscovered that up tonine different types of grease were being used.” The team from Bearing Services Springs immediatelyrecommendedthat thecustomer standardise its grease, which would be more cost effective and logistically savvy. “We also suggested the use of SKF System 24 as the best lubrication solution since it offers a host of time- and cost-saving advantages,” says Melissa Verster, Branch Manager at Bearing Services Springs. The System 24 LAGD and

TLSD lubricators can be ad- justed to ensure that the correct quantity of lubricant is carried correctly to the required lubrication points in a pre-determined time. This gives the customer accurate control over the amount of lubricant supplied. “Moreover, theamount of lubricant required is reduced and so too is wastage,

Through SKF SA’s Authorised Distributor, Bearing Services Springs, a leading building materials manufacturer has standardised on SKF LGWA 2 grease and SKF bearings.

Easy-fit heavy-duty HFS seals protect bearings

SKF’s HFS radial shaft seals, which protect large bearings in demanding applications, are easy to retrofit and are available as stock items to allow fast replacement.

SKF’s new HFS radial shaft seals protect large bearings from contamination in in- dustries such as metals, mining and pulp & paper. Typical applications include heavy- duty gearboxes and drives, construction machinery and mining equipment. Aimedatmaintenance, repair andopera- tions (MRO) staff, the fabric-reinforced rub- ber sealsareeasy toretrofit andare typically available as stockproducts, whichmakes for more efficient maintenance. Popular seal sizes are available as stock

items, meaning that replacement parts can bedeliveredveryquickly.HFSsealscaneasily be interchanged with other commonly used rubber fabric seals on themarket. In addition to stock sizes, customised dimensions are available. Thesealsalsoprovideanumberofsustain- ability benefits to customers. For instance, they help protect against loss of lubricant, whilealsosaving resourcesby replacing large metal labyrinths. The extra protection helps to extend bearing life and promotes the use

of remanufacturing. The main sealing lip of HFS seals has a garter spring that provides the appropriate radial load against the shaft. AllHFSsealscanbeequippedwithlubrication grooves,whichallowre-greasingbetweenthe sealing lips in back-to-back or tandem instal- lations of two seals. As well as being made to SKF’s exacting standards, backed by test rig screenings, the seals have 100% traceability and SKF engi- neering support is widely available. www.skf.com

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