Bearing subsystem life and reliability explained.

Prototype and Process Development Ensuring Stable Quality at the Highest Level

The proof of the reliability of a gear drive is now an additional requirement. In Europe, the acceptance authorities for wind turbines are requesting a system reliability proof from gearbox manufacturers. The AGMA committee reviewing the AGMA 6006 standard for wind turbines is considering adding a chapter about design for reliability. However, reliability considerations are not new; NASA, for example, was in the 1980s using reliability concepts for gear drives.

SKF Insight ups the ante on condition monitoring technology.