SKF Precision Spindles

SKF develops your complete spindle unit

By using our knowledge in rolling bearings, sensors and electronics, SKF can satisfy your requirements for precision machining and processing. With an SKF spindle, we can assure increased productivity, improved quality and less maintenance.

SKF Precision Spindles SKF Spindle Units Quality and the environment in the SKF Group With design and production in Germany,
SKF Spindle business is part of SKF Linear Motion and Precision Technologies, which is an organisation within the SKF Group, that is dedicated to the manufacture, sales and service of spindles, high precision bearings and linear motion products. It serves the market through its organisation of eleven specialised sales companies located in Europe, North America and Japan. In addition to the services provided by these sales companies, product and application support is available worldwide through SKF's international network. SKF Linear Motion and Precision Technologies customers are found within a wide range of industries including machine tool, aerospace, factory automation and electronic production. USA and Japan, SKF is a worldwide supplier of a complete range of spindles. We can offer from externally driven and motor integrated spindles with rolling bearings to high performance gas and magnetic bearing spindles. The SKF Group, including SKF Precision Spindles, is committed to supporting a sustainable, healthy environment and making top quality products. Through our research and development initiatives, we continuously develop, test and evaluate new solutions in order to meet future requirements, considering both the quality and environmental impact of our production, products and services. All of our facilities are ISO 14000 certified. Developing and manufacturing your spindle, we are also working according to an ISO 9000 certified quality procedure, which includes accurate assembling in clean rooms and testing before delivery.

Linear Motion & Precision Technologies Net sales, MSEK Number of manufacturing facilities Number of specialised sales units Number of employees registered

2 000 1 670 10 14 1 212

By using SKF's knowledge in bearing technology, sensors and electronics, we can satisfy your specific requirements for precision machining and processing. SKF is your worldwide partner with abilities to develop your complete spindle unit.

Spindle Service Centers

SKF's care for your system does not end with delivering your spindle; the SKF Spindle Service supports you worldwide. The SKF Spindle repair centers are presently located in Sweden, Germany, USA, Austria, France and Japan. As a result of this, you will get your spindle service in a short time, wherever you are. The services offered include spindle reconditioning, from bearing replacement to shaft and nose restorations, performance upgrade and analyses. SKF can also provide you with a complete service solution, where we take the responsibility to keep your system trouble free.

SKF offers a wide range of spindles for different applications

With over 80 years of experience in spindle production, we know what our customers demand. SKF has a number of different standard spindles for many applications to satisfy your needs, but we are always open to discuss your special requirements to tailor make your spindle. We can offer from externally driven and motor integrated spindles with rolling bearings to high performance air and magnetic bearing spindles.

SKF Machining Centre SKF High Speed Milling Spindles Spindles

SKF Machining Centre spindles are designed for milling, tapping and drilling operations. High stiffness and accuracy are important factors for these spindles. One key issue is to keep the temperature low, though obtaining higher power over a defined speed range. SKF can offer you motor integrated spindles with speeds up to 30 000 r/min. For belt driven machining centre applications, SKF can offer you compact and economic solutions, where the spindle performance has been improved to speeds up to 28 000 r/min. The SKF high speed milling spindles are used in several applications, like in the aircraft industry, where it is usual with high cutting removal rates. The spindles are also common in die mould manufacturing, where fine surface finishes are required. These applications require capacity to cut both in aluminum and hardened steel. The spindles are also widely used when cutting advanced geometries such as thin walled sections, which require a well balanced spindle. For high speed milling applications, SKF offers top level technology with a system of sensors, automatic clamping and cooling through the shaft. We provide you with a complete milling spindle system for speeds up to 42 000 r/min.

SKF Turning Spindles

The main characteristics of a spindle for turning are high cutting forces, high productivity and flexibility. The SKF turning spindle is designed to withstand the high cutting forces. The design is robust and space saving. The spindles are designed to have a thermally stable behaviour. High running accuracy of our turning spindles will assure you a good surface quality. SKF provides you with a wide range of turning spindles, motor integrated or with external drive. The motor integrated spindles have speeds up to 10 000 r/min and the belt driven up to 16 000 r/min.

SKF Grinding Spindles SKF Gas Bearing Like the spindles used in SKF's plants Spindles
for the manufacturing of bearings, high frequency grinding spindles are designed for applications with high operating speeds and high precision. SKF's standard range of grinding spindles have a simple and robust design. The main speed range is from 10 000 to 100 000 r/min. When spindle applications call for extremely high precision and speed, gas bearings might be your solution. These bearings are not exposed to any wear, need no lubrication and are environmentally friendly. The features of gas bearing spindles are high dynamic stiffness and speeds. They also have the ability of fine finishing together with a long service life. The SKF gas bearing spindles are characterised by very high accuracy, with a non repetitive run out of 0,05 m. The main speed range is from a few revolutions up to over 100 000 r/min. The SKF gas bearing spindles are typically used in high precision machinery such as silicon dicing, polishing for camera prisms, cutting contact lenses to final shape, profile grinding and turning for fine finishing.

SKF Magnetic Bearing Spindles

For the future, SKF is currently working on magnetic bearing spindle technology. Magnetic bearing spindles may be used for grinding and milling operations with speeds up to 100 000 r/min. The major advantage of magnetic bearings for spindles is the non metallic contact between the bearing surfaces. This results in higher speed capacity and reduced maintenance. The features of magnetic bearing spindles are the advanced digital control and real time information diagnostics, which offer improved cutting finish and process optimisation. SKF is also in the development of high performance spindles with a combination of gas and magnetic bearings, which will offer you additional benefits in cutting precision.

SKF offers you excellent performance

One of the most important factors to produce a spindle, working trouble free, is to have control over the vibrations. Designing a spindle, SKF accomplishes accurate calculations and tests to minimize the vibrations of the spindle. During the design phase, we calculate critical speeds, deflection modes, unbalance response and thermal effects of the spindle. Long experience in bearing calculations and Finite Element Analysismethods together with powerful calculation tools makes it possible to simulate the behaviour of the spindle. With SKFs vibration analysis equipment for condition monitoring, we measure the spindle response at a final test to verify the calculations. All this to ensure you a spindle with a long and trouble free service life.

Calculation model to find the deflection modes and critical speeds of the spindle

Vibration analysis with SKF's Condition Monitoring equipment

SKF Your global partner

Sales units
Austria
Linear Motion SKF sterreich AG
Phone Fax Email +43 22 36 6709 0 +43 22 36 6709 270 multitec.austria@skf.com

Italy
SKF Multitech S.P.A.
Phone Fax Email Email +39 011 57 17 61 +39 011 57 17 633 multitec.italy@skf.com mt.italy@skf.com

Machine Tool Sales

Benelux
SKF Multitec Benelux B.V.
Phone Fax Phone Fax Email +31 030 60 29 029 +31 030 60 29 028 +32 2 50 24 270 +32 2 50 27 336 multitec_benelux@skf.com

Japan
SKF Japan Ltd.
Phone Fax Email +81 3 34 36 41 21 +81 3 35 78 10 14 skf.japan@skf.com

Sales office Belgium/Luxembourg

Switzerland
Linear Motion & Precision Technologies
Phone Email +41 01 825 81 81 +41 01 825 82 82 skf.schweiz@skf.com

Nordic area
SKF Multitec Sweden
Phone Fax Email +46 42 25 35 00 +46 42 25 35 45 +46 42 25 35 46 multitec.nordic@skf.com

France
SKF Equipements
Phone Fax Email Email +33 1 30 64 28 28 +33 1 30 64 41 31 equipements.france@skf.com mt.france@skf.com

United Kingdom
SKF Engineering Products Ltd.
Phone Fax Email +44 01 582 49 00 49 +44 01 582 49 65 74 skf.epl@skf.com

Machine Tool Sales

Spain
SKF Productos Industriales S.A.
Phone Fax +34 93 377 99 77 +34 93 377 99 07 +34 93 474 20 39 +34 93 474 31 56 +34 93 474 21 56 prod.ind@skf.com

Germany
SKF Linearsysteme GmbH
Phone Fax Email Email +49 97 21 65 70 +49 97 21 65 71 11 lin.sales@skf.com mt.germany@skf.com

USA
SKF Motion Technologies
Phone Toll free Fax E-mail +1 610 861 48 00 +1 800 541 36 24 +1 610 861 48 11 motiontech.usa@skf.com

Machine Tool Sales

Email

SKF Spindle Service enters

France
SKF Spindle Service Center SKF Equipements
Phone Fax Email +33 1 30 64 28 28 +33 1 30 64 41 31 mt.france@skf.com

Germany
SKF Spindle Service Center SKF GmbH
Phone Fax Email +49 (0) 9721 56 22 70 +49 (0) 9721 56 20 13 spindelservice.de@skf.com

Sweden
SKF Spindle Service Center SKF Sverige AB
Phone Fax Email +46 31 337 16 46 +46 31 337 11 13 spindelservice.se@skf.com

Austria
SKF Spindle Service Center SKF sterreich AG
Phone Fax Email +43 7252 797 730 +43 7252 797 732 spindelservice.au@skf.com

Japan
SKF Spindle Service Center SKF Japan Ltd
Phone Fax Email +81 266 79 59 59 +81 266 79 58 77 spindleservice.jp@skf.com

USA
SKF Spindle Service Center SKF Gilman
Phone Fax +1 800 445 62 67 +1 414 377 94 38

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