Your development cycle is shrinking. The time available to test, adjust and validate is not what it was five years ago. Physical testing cannot keep pace. Our advanced simulation tools help solve this problem.
At SKF Vertevo, we have spent years replacing the bottleneck of physical testing with something faster. Our suite of in-house simulation tools for detailed dynamic analysis means hundreds of bearing solution designs can be evaluated in the time it once took to prepare a single test. Fewer physical prototypes means less material, less waste and shorter development cycles. It’s a more sustainable way to engineer from the start. Bringing faster answers to every customer.
SKF Vertevo PowerBEAR
Our optimisation tool SKF Vertevo PowerBEAR takes this further. It evaluates bearing designs automatically against customer requirements for service life, NVH (Noise, vibration & harshness) behaviour and bearing size, and delivers an optimised design within hours rather than days.
On hybrid bearings alone, SKF Vertevo PowerBEAR has delivered up to 20% reduction in friction and 30% increase in service life.
A digital twin for comparison
Virtual engineering does not stop when the vehicle leaves the factory. As autonomous vehicles emerge, sensor data from the bearing can be continuously compared against a digital twin model. When expected and actual behaviour diverge, the system will alert before the bearing fails. That way, we help prevent failures long after the bearing leaves the factory.
Faster answers, sooner
Bring your questions and let our simulation tools answer them.