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Proactive Reliability
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Condition monitoring
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Getting bearings on the London Eye
Training courses
Soaring over 450 metres high and weighing 2,100 tonnes, the London
Eye is the biggest ferris wheel in the world.
Situated in Jubilee Gardens, on the south
bank of the river Thames, the London
Eye looks across to the Palace of
Westminster. It is unique amongst ferris
wheels as it is suspended on a cantilever
over the Thames with steel cables
holding it in place.
Although conceived in Britain, the wheel
is very much a European project. The
main frame structure of the wheel was
constructed in the Netherlands, the 64
spoke and 16 rotation steel cables were
manufactured in Italy, the 23 metre long
spindle, which supports the wheel, was
fabricated in the Czech Republic, and
the passenger capsules were produced
in France.
It is on these 32 enclosed passenger
capsules, each capable of carrying
25 people, that SKF became involved.
SKF supplied 64 slewing bearings with
an external diameter of 3.6 metres,
each one weighing 820 kg.
Two ball bearing, internal gear, slewing
bearings are located around the outside
of each capsule and ensure it remains
horizontal as the wheel rotates
continuously, at a speed of 0.26
metres per second; with a full rotation
of the wheel taking some 28 minutes.
Like the whole project, time was a
major factor in SKF winning this
prestigious order.
SKF was first approached three months
before the millennium, but was still able
to design, provide prototype bearings
and supply the 64 bearings for the
capsules well ahead of schedule.
The London Eye has been given planning
permission for five years, but has been
designed with a minimum life expectancy
of 50 years. Public opinion will surely
demand that the wheel remains in use
well beyond the first five years, and one
can expect this structure to become as
well known as Big Ben which it now
dwarfs from the other side of the river.
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REAL CONDITIONS. REAL SOLUTIONS.
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Proactive Reliability Maintenance (PRM)
Engineering solutions
- Proactive Reliability Maintenance TM
- Fan reliability programme
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Integrated Maintenance Solutions (IMS)
- Integrated Maintenance Solution TM
- Integrated Maintenance Solutions
for the paper industry
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Condition monitoring services
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On-site condition monitoring services
CoMo-Link remote diagnostics
Lubrication analysis service
Keeping the power flowing
Condition monitoring
services
Maintenance services
Refurbishment services
Refurbishment services
- Bearing refurbishment service
- Bearing refurbishment for railway
taper bearing units
- The vital link in clip chain refurbishment
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Integrated Maintenance
Solutions (IMS)
Maintenance services
- Precision mechanical services
- Bearing installation
- Bearing failure analysis
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Proactive Reliability
Maintenance (PRM)
Training courses
Engineering solutions
- Getting bearings on the London Eye
- SKF on board the world’s largest
pipeline laying ship
- Where there’s a wheel there’s a way
- An open and shut case for SKF
- Customised housings solution
- SKF bearings can stand the heat
- SKF bearing solution gets many fans
- Where there is muck, there is brass
- Design and project engineering
- Technical consultancy
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Training courses
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Industrial bearing maintenance and service
Balancing with Microlog ™
Machinery Analysis I
Machinery Analysis II
Fundamentals of machine condition
Intro to PRISM 4 for Windows ™
Intro to Microlog ™ system
Intro to PRISM 4 on-line systems
Intro to Machine Analyst ™
Intro to the MARLIN ® system
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