Tapered Roller Bearing

The factors that influence SKF bearing performance and service life include but are not limited to the following:

The geometry and surface finish of the roller ends and the area on the flange that makes contact with the roller ends () have been optimized to promote and maintain the formation of a lubricant film. This reduces friction and frictional heat as well as flange wear. The bearings can better maintain preload and run at reduced noise levels.

To extend service life under misalignment or heavy load conditions, SKF tapered roller bearings have either crowned raceways or a logarithmic profile to prevent stress peaks at the roller ends. The logarithmic profile is designed to optimize load distribution along the rollers.

The rollers used in SKF tapered roller bearings are made to such close tolerances that they are virtually identical. These extremely close tolerances, together with the precision of the raceway profiles, provide optimal load distribution over the rollers to reduce noise and vibration levels and enable preload to be set more accurately.