SKF continues to shape the future of industrial performance setting new benchmarks through innovative, eco-conscious approaches, with circularity woven into the core of its design, manufacturing and lifecycle strategies.
Highlighting the pivotal role of product design and development, Micaela Willers, manager for power transmission and training at SKF South Africa, points to the new SKF Infinium bearing as a prime example of the company’s drive to advance circular design principles. SKF Infinium bearings can essentially be remanufactured an indefinite number of times. Engineered with advanced cladding technology and utilising cutting-edge laser metal deposition, these new bearings can be repeatedly recladded and reused without compromising their quality or performance, marking a significant breakthrough in circularity and additive manufacturing.
The recently introduced SKF Infinium bearing forms part of a broader set of forward-looking initiatives aimed at improving circularity, reducing carbon footprints and enhancing the lifespan and cost-effectiveness of SKF’s bearing and power transmission product ranges. “Instead of viewing bearings as disposable consumables to be discarded once spent, we want them to be recognised as valuable assets that should be nurtured, serviced and returned to service through remanufacturing when performance begins to decline,” she adds. “That is why we encourage our customers to adopt a circular mindset. Bearings can be remanufactured by SKF to OEM condition and put back into service.”
Through the design and manufacture of components with sustainability at their core, SKF is reimagining the future of rotation, rolling away from traditional, consumable-based thinking toward a smarter, more sustainable circular approach.”
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