Gearbox bearings must withstand tough operating conditions in applications from mining and conveying equipment to wind turbines. Single-row cylindrical roller bearings come in more than 3,000 ...

Wind turbines are fitted with multiple bearings that each wear differently. Today, larger stresses in larger turbines are testing conventional bearing designs, particularly in mainshafts. Photo ...

Wind turbines last longer than ever thanks to continuous engineering improvements. Gearboxes in wind turbines, more than those in any other application, tend to fail prematurely. In fact, at some wind ...

Rolling contact fatigue (RCF) in bearing steel is a phenomenon where repeated cyclic loading leads to subsurface microstructural alterations and eventual material degradation. This process is pivotal ...

A new rolling bearing has been developed for wind turbine gearboxes that is not only resistant to the effects of slippage, but actually prevents slippage from occurring in the first place. Rather than ...

Fifty years of on-going development has given SKF a Bearing Vibration Analyser that can probe deep into rotating bearings while they are under load. Initially used as a production line tester it’s now ...

It is not much of an exaggeration to say that the whole wind turbine industry rides on bearings. Wind turbines operate under arduous conditions. The bearings used in them must work reliably and have a ...

If it's got a bearing problem in the gearbox then you should assume it will get worse and eventually fail. If it is a bearing and the bearing disintegrates while you're driving it do some major damage ...