Keep up-to-date on the latest product and company news, along with useful information for the maintenance, repair and overhaul industry.
Follow Bearings Product Manager, Andy Fletcher as he shows you how to fit a bearing using a bearing heater.a
Poor bearing fitting can cost you more down the line, bearing heaters provide an effective method of mounting bearings.
Choosing the optimum method for fitting a bearing and avoiding some of the less conventional approaches such as naked flames or brute force, can help to prevent premature bearing failure. How are the best ways to fit your bearings?
SKF has launched the new TWIM 15 portable induction heater, in replacement of the former TMBH 1 heater.
Poor bearing fitting practices are responsible for around 16% of premature bearing failures, so it’s easy to see why the choice of method for bearing mounting is so important.
