SRB Technology

SRB bearings can be used to slash downtime costs and optimise OEE in pressurised operating environments.

Modern generations of plant and maintenance engineers are under pressure like never before to deliver uninterrupted production and achieve the highest levels of overall equipment efficiency (OEE). In pursuit of this ideal, machines are monitored, lubrication is optimised, and maintenance is planned; however, there is still no legislating for the standard bearing that fails at midnight and requires 8- hours to change.

No legislating perhaps, but if the bearing in question was a split roller bearing rather than a solid bearing, then the bearing cartridge could be easily removed from the shaft, and the time for replacement would be around 1- hour. Moreover, the downtime costs would be a mere fraction of what would otherwise be incurred. Fitting SRB split bearings to critical production equipment can have a huge positive effect on OEE.