SKF Hybrid bearings & INSOCOAT bearings

Hybrid bearings

Hybrid bearings have rings of bearing steel and rolling elements of bearing grade silicon nitride (Si3N4). In addition to being excellent electric insulators, hybrid bearings have a higher speed capability and will provide longer service life than all-steel bearings in most applications. The very good electrical insulating property is one of the essential features of the silicon nitride. This protects the rings from electric current damage and thus increases bearing service life.

INSOCOAT bearing designs

Rolling bearings in electric motors, generators or associated equipment are at risk from the passage of electric current, which can damage the surfaces of rolling elements and raceways in the bearing and degrade the grease rapidly. The risk of damage, so called electric erosion, increases  greatly if a frequency converter controls the electrical machinery, which is becoming increasingly common. An additional risk for high frequency bearing currents occurs in the application due to the inherent stray capacitances within the electrical machinery.

To protect the bearings against electric  current passage, SKF has developed INSOCOAT bearings – electrically insulated rolling bearings. An INSOCOAT bearing is a very economical solution compared with other insulation methods to protect the bearing. By integrating the electrical insulation function into the bearing, SKF  has been able to increase reliability and machine uptime by virtually eliminating electric erosion problems.

INSOCOAT bearings have a nominal 100 μm thick layer of aluminium oxide on the exterior surfaces of the outer or inner ring, that can withstand voltages up to 1 000 V DC. The SKF plasma pray coating technique provides an extremely coherent coating of uniform thickness, which is further treated to make it insensitive to moisture and humidity.

INSOCOAT bearings are robust and should be handled in the same way as normal noninsulated bearings.

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