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Written by REM Staff
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CANTON, OH–The Timken Company released Bearing Selection Guide Version 3.0 for users. The new electronic guide contains engineering calculations and a database of more than 5,000 bearings, including tapered, spherical, cylindrical and needle roller bearings, as well as ball bearings. The software program is an interactive tool that enables users to select the most appropriate Timken bearings for a given application.
Timken says the program provides users a reliable, easy-to-use method for building an application model and selecting the right bearings to satisfy specific dimension and performance requirements. The new version offers improvements to previously available functions, including engineering calculations, search capabilities and average bearing life predictions.
Additionally, designers are able to share the applications created with a local Timken representative or authorized distributor for further discussion on alternative scenarios and selection recommendations.
The program, which is compatible with a number of Microsoft Windows platforms, is available in English and French. To assist users, bearing selection scenarios and a detailed user manual are available.
"This new guide is designed to simplify the bearing selection process for customers. It's also an alternative to using hard-copy catalogues when searching for bearings," says Ravi Bhatia, Timken's vice-president, engineering and integration. "For many of our customers, this new tool can lead to reduced engineering time, better designs and improved performance."
In other news, Timken now provides a new turnkey predictive maintenance (PdM) program for companies that want to maximize equipment uptime and achieve improved performance. Using this new program, Timken says it will custom design, set-up and mentor customers in the development of their own in-house PdM programs.
To do this, Timken can either take full responsibility for customers' PdM programs by using its own method of managing data and delivering tangible results, or it can consult with customers on program design, start-up, training and hardware selection, while customers retain responsibility for the overall process.
The new program is just one aspect of Timken's reliability offerings, and according to Tom Millis, manager of Timken's Global Reliability Services, Timken associates' knowledge of friction management gives the company a competitive edge.
"Timken's goal with this program is to help transform the culture within a plant from being reactive to proactive," says Millis. "We can teach customers to better understand and predict the performance of manufacturing equipment, helping them move from a 'break-fix' culture
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