Food and Beverage
Edition 04 - September 2026
Welcome to the 4th edition of our SKF Food and Beverage Newsletter for the UK and Ireland. Every topic is shaped from your perspective and grounded in real customer experiences, focusing on the challenges you face on site and how they can be addressed effectively and cost‑efficiently.
Protect bearing performance with
SKF Maintenance Products
In food and beverage production, bearing reliability is critical to maintaining hygiene, uptime and product quality. The SKF solutions featured on this page help protect bearings from water, contamination and improper lubrication, reducing the risk of premature failure. By simplifying maintenance tasks, improving worker safety and reducing time spent on manual inspections and lubrication, these technologies help maintenance teams work more efficiently while keeping production running smoothly.
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Stop lubricants from contaminating your food production
SKF Food Line deep groove ball bearings help food manufacturers overcome the challenges of frequent washdowns, moisture ingress, corrosion and premature bearing failure.
The result is improved reliability, reduced maintenance requirements and fewer unplanned stoppages. Discover how hygienic bearing technology can help keep your production running smoothly while supporting the highest food safety standards.
EVENT
Meet SKF at Food Manufacturing Live
Food safety starts with the right technology. Visit SKF at Food Manufacturing Live on 14 October at the National Agricultural Exhibition Centre, Stoneleigh Park.
At Stand 58, explore innovations in bearings, lubrication and condition monitoring that help reduce contamination risks, improve reliability and minimise downtime.
Don't forget to join John Casey's workshop at 11:00am to meet the expert in person.
GUIDE
Every stage of your bottling line impacts performance
Discover how SKF solutions help reduce downtime, minimise contamination risks, lower grease and water consumption, and improve food safety across bottle blowing, rinsing, filling, capping, labelling, conveyors and palletising.
Read the guide 'Inside the Line' and uncover new opportunities to improve reliability and efficiency.
MARKET RESEARCH REPORT
Find out what UK maintenance leaders say
This report provides valuable insights into the maintenance challenges facing today’s food and beverage manufacturers. Discover how contamination, lubrication practices and equipment reliability impact uptime, safety and product quality.
Maintenance managers will gain practical guidance to reduce unplanned downtime, improve workforce efficiency, enhance worker safety and extend bearing life, helping create a more reliable and cost-effective operation.
CASE STUDY
Less Lubricants. More Efficiency.
Many food manufacturers carry unnecessary lubrication complexity. Discover how Antifriction helped a customer reduce seven lubricants to two, cutting maintenance effort and delivering annual savings of £3,000-£4,000 through a smarter lubrication strategy.
Contact Antifriction for more information. Call 01179 588 908 or email: info@antifriction.co.uk
CASE STUDY
Reliability you can taste
Recurring bearing failures were causing costly downtime. Discover how Acorn Industrial Services identified the root cause and improved reliability, production continuity and maintenance efficiency with SKF Food Line ball bearing units.
Find out how Food Line ball bearing units can help you. Contact ACORN Industrial Services for more information. Call 0800 8766 441 or email: enquiries@acorn-ind.co.uk
PRODUCT NEWS
The heat is on
Struggling with premature bearing failures in ovens, dryers or high-temperature processing equipment? SKF High Temperature bearings are designed to withstand extreme heat, reducing relubrication, minimising unplanned downtime and improving reliability. Keep production running, lower maintenance costs and extend bearing service life in demanding food manufacturing environments where conventional bearings often fail.
The SKF Training Catalogue 2026 brings together practical courses built on over a century of rotating equipment expertise.
The SKF Food Line deep groove ball bearing catalogue helps you to find the right bearings to protect food safety, reduce contamination risks and improve reliability. .
The SKF Food Line ball bearing unit catalogue provides hygienic, relubrication-free solutions that help reduce downtime and protect food production in a sustainable way.
Contact the SKF Food and Beverage team if you have questions or would like more information
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