April, 2023 | Knowledge and Innovation | Author Geert Wagenvoort
April, 2023 | Knowledge and Innovation | Author Geert Wagenvoort
The impact of the weather and the soil types on bearings
This might challenge your calm: the bearings are hit hard during the entire year. Mud, water, dust, clay, (artificial) fertilizer, ammonia and crop residues, amongst others, can cause unforeseeable damage.
The ever increasing working speed thanks to which the agricultural sector gets a higher productivity ensure more powerful tilting forces and cause a higher risk of bumping encountering stones or other objects. Damages caused by shock loads are always possible. A sudden violent force on the bearing can cause a permanent cut, and therefor for instance too much vibration in the bearing resulting in premature unplanned bearing failures. The weather also plays a role, in the winter when the machines are not in use, for example cold and humidity cause an accelerated corrosion in the bearing and therefore bearing damage that can result in unforeseen machine downtime.
This might challenge your calm: the bearings are hit hard during the entire year. Mud, water, dust, clay, (artificial) fertilizer, ammonia and crop residues, amongst others, can cause unforeseeable damage. The ever increasing working speed thanks to which the agricultural sector gets a higher productivity ensure more powerful tilting forces and cause a higher risk of bumping encountering stones or other objects. Damages caused by shock loads are always possible. A sudden violent force on the bearing can cause a permanent cut, and therefor for instance too much vibration in the bearing resulting in premature unplanned bearing failures. The weather also plays a role, in the winter when the machines are not in use, for example cold and humidity cause an accelerated corrosion in the bearing and therefore bearing damage that can result in unforeseen machine downtime.
When designing tractors or agricultural tools, it is therefore important to pay attention to one of the most important parts: the bearing. Which bearing must be used depends on the use and the conditions in which the machine is going to work. The design of a machine is one of the aspects which have a large impact on the lifetime. Of course, the goal is to build a machine which shall function for many hours without any problems. A helping device in the designing process is a simulation program which can help building the design of the bearing set up and its performance based on the client’s specific application requirements and conditions. In this way, you can see if your design is suitable or if it should still be changed.
To make it easy SKF offers sealed bearings that are already designed with the right grease and the right seal. By choosing a bearing out of the widely broad programme of SKF, you do not take any risk of making a wrong choice during the design process.
SKF offers the largest range of bearings for the agricultural market. Even more important is that these bearings are especially designed to be applied to agriculture based on year-long research from the bearing steel to the lubrication and the seal. You can then produce agricultural machines that you are certain are suitable to work under changing weather conditions and soil types. By applying these application specific bearings, you deliver the highest reliable bearings with optimized lifetime to get satisfied end-users that reflects your quality brand image.
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The impact of the weather and the soil types on bearings
This might challenge your calm: the bearings are hit hard during the entire year. Mud, water, dust, clay, (artificial) fertilizer, ammonia and crop residues, amongst others, can cause unforeseeable damage.
The ever increasing working speed thanks to which the agricultural sector gets a higher productivity ensure more powerful tilting forces and cause a higher risk of bumping encountering stones or other objects. Damages caused by shock loads are always possible. A sudden violent force on the bearing can cause a permanent cut, and therefor for instance too much vibration in the bearing resulting in premature unplanned bearing failures. The weather also plays a role, in the winter when the machines are not in use, for example cold and humidity cause an accelerated corrosion in the bearing and therefore bearing damage that can result in unforeseen machine downtime.
This might challenge your calm: the bearings are hit hard during the entire year. Mud, water, dust, clay, (artificial) fertilizer, ammonia and crop residues, amongst others, can cause unforeseeable damage. The ever increasing working speed thanks to which the agricultural sector gets a higher productivity ensure more powerful tilting forces and cause a higher risk of bumping encountering stones or other objects. Damages caused by shock loads are always possible. A sudden violent force on the bearing can cause a permanent cut, and therefor for instance too much vibration in the bearing resulting in premature unplanned bearing failures. The weather also plays a role, in the winter when the machines are not in use, for example cold and humidity cause an accelerated corrosion in the bearing and therefore bearing damage that can result in unforeseen machine downtime.
When designing tractors or agricultural tools, it is therefore important to pay attention to one of the most important parts: the bearing. Which bearing must be used depends on the use and the conditions in which the machine is going to work. The design of a machine is one of the aspects which have a large impact on the lifetime. Of course, the goal is to build a machine which shall function for many hours without any problems. A helping device in the designing process is a simulation program which can help building the design of the bearing set up and its performance based on the client’s specific application requirements and conditions. In this way, you can see if your design is suitable or if it should still be changed.
To make it easy SKF offers sealed bearings that are already designed with the right grease and the right seal. By choosing a bearing out of the widely broad programme of SKF, you do not take any risk of making a wrong choice during the design process.
SKF offers the largest range of bearings for the agricultural market. Even more important is that these bearings are especially designed to be applied to agriculture based on year-long research from the bearing steel to the lubrication and the seal. You can then produce agricultural machines that you are certain are suitable to work under changing weather conditions and soil types. By applying these application specific bearings, you deliver the highest reliable bearings with optimized lifetime to get satisfied end-users that reflects your quality brand image.
Our deep understanding of the agricultural segment together with the widest range of products and solutions designed specifically for Agri are here to support you.
Our deep understanding of the agricultural segment together with the widest range of products and solutions designed specifically for Agri are here to support you.
