Services
Edition 3 - September 2026
Welcome to the 3rd edition of our Services 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.
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
SKF SYSTEM 24 TLDD
connected single point lubricators
Missing lubrication points. Unexpected bearing failures. Costly plant stoppages.
Manual lubrication programmes make it easy for problems to go unnoticed until production is at risk. The SKF TLDD Connected Lubricator helps maintenance teams stay in control with remote monitoring, real-time status updates and predictive insights.
Unlike conventional lubricators, it provides actionable data on lubrication performance, helping reduce downtime, optimise maintenance resources and improve asset reliability across the plant.
MARKET RESEARCH REPORT
What maintenance leaders say are the biggest barriers to performance
The latest MAINSTREAM UK research highlights a maintenance sector under growing pressure, with skills shortages, reactive cultures, ageing assets, data challenges and leadership buy-in identified as the biggest barriers to reliability excellence.
UK maintenance leaders can explore these findings in depth at the MAINSTREAM UK Summit on 20-21 October in Birmingham.
In case you're active in the cement and aggregates industry, you can meet Ian Collier in person at our SKF Cement & Aggregates Convention on 22 October, where industry experts will share practical solutions and real-world experiences.
CASE STUDY
What if you could see failures coming?
When a single asset failure can halt production, maintenance cannot rely on assumptions.
At Saint-Gobain Isover, SKF helped transform maintenance from reactive to condition-based using IMx-1 wireless monitoring and TLDD connected lubricators. Unlike traditional inspection routines, SKF delivers continuous asset visibility, early fault detection and intelligent lubrication.
The result?
Fewer unexpected stoppages, shorter maintenance interventions, improved reliability and smarter planning for critical production assets.
CONDITION MONITORING
Your machines are talking. Are you listening?
Unexpected failures. Unplanned downtime. Maintenance teams under constant pressure to do more with less. In today's industrial environment, reacting to problems after they occur is no longer enough.
SKF's plant-wide condition monitoring solutions help you move from reactive maintenance to predictive decision-making. By combining advanced sensors, monitoring technologies, powerful analytical software and expert support, SKF provides a complete view of your asset health, helping you detect developing issues before they become costly failures.
Explore what's possible when machine condition becomes a source of insight rather than uncertainty.
vBOOK
The reliability advantage
How industry leaders unlock productivity, profitability and operational excellence
Heavy process industries are leaving significant performance gains on the table. This Frost & Sullivan vBook explores the business case for improved asset monitoring, highlighting practical opportunities to increase uptime, efficiency, profitability and long-term competitiveness.
Download the Frost & Sullivan vBook to learn where the biggest opportunities lie.
CASE STUDY
Protected. Connected. Reliable.
Unexpected pump failures can put safety, reliability and operational continuity at risk. As part of a major infrastructure modernisation programme, a leading operator turned to SKF to upgrade protection systems across critical pumping stations and storage facilities.
By delivering a fully engineered IMx-M Protection System, SKF helped improve asset protection, increase reliability, reduce downtime risks and create a scalable foundation for future infrastructure upgrades, delivered on time and to specification.
PRESS AND MEDIA
SKF on MAINTEC 2026
What if one bearing upgrade could reduce grease consumption by 90%, eliminate contamination issues and improve machine uptime?
This case study shows how two Swedish paper mills overcame wet-section reliability challenges, improved product quality and reduced maintenance costs through a simple but highly effective solution.
Read the full case study and contact your SKF regional sales manager to explore the potential for your operation.
Download our range of brochures and catalogue
SKF Training Catalogue 2026 brings together practical courses built on over a century of rotating equipment expertise.
This brochure covers everything you need to know when you choose reliable rotation with SKF Explorer spherical roller bearings.
SKF Maintenance and Lubrication Products is the complete guide to SKF mounting, dismounting, lubrication and maintenance tools for every stage of the bearing life cycle.
Contact the SKF UK Services team if you have questions or would like more information
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