Maintenance trifecta reduces total cost of ownership

Schaeffler has combined three of its time- saving split technologies which it says will radically reduce Total Cost of Ownership ( TCO) and save time and machinery downtime this maintenance season.

The Split SNS Housing, Split Spherical Roller Bearing and NTSG Split Labyrinth Seal can be combined or used individually to allow repairs and maintenance to be carried out easily and efficiently.

Split technologies (as opposed to standard non-split bearings, seals and plummer blocks) mean machinery can be disassembled swiftly for parts maintenance or replacement.

The latest FAG split technologies also increase safety by reducing the amount of heavy disassembly and assembly tasks typical of maintenance on machinery such as conveying equipment, materials processing plant, ventilation plant, rolling and milling equipment, energy and water utility machinery and primary processing plant including timber, paper and agribusiness machinery.

“Complex additional tasks – such as removing gears and clutches, dismounting drives, and dismantling shaft lines – are no longer necessary with split components,” says Martin Grosvenor, Manager – Industrial Projects and Services, Schaeffler Australia. “This saves time and money, which both contribute to a significant TCO reduction.”

By removing many of the steps and complications involved with non- split solid bearing, seal or plummer block housing replacement, the easily installed split technologies increase uptime and profitability. FAG split technologies – which are especially useful on shafts supported at several points and locations that are difficult to access – are typically applied to machinery such as bucket wheel excavators and reclaimers, winches and sheaves, worm conveyors, bucket conveyors, belt conveyors, mixing and stirring plant, mills and crushers, sintering plant, fans and ventilators, dust extraction plant and drive and transmission shafts.

Ongoing reliability of premium quality FAG split technologies is assured by the design, production and service standards of the global Schaeffler group, which employs more than 85,000 people globally, including more than 6,000 at 16 research and development centres dedicated to highperformance, low-maintenance bearing technology.