A lifeline for farming machinery with new cassette seal from SKF

<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="/ueditor/php/upload/image/20211126/1637917334940631.png" title="1637917334940631.png" alt="4.png"/></p><p style="text-align: justify;">By launching a new design of its cassette seal, SKF has improved the seal performance and extended its service life, helping to prevent failure in agricultural and construction machinery</p><p><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify;">SKF has launched its MUD11 cassette seal for wheel ends, to help improve the performance of equipment such as agricultural and construction machinery.&nbsp;<br/><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify;">New design features extend the seal’s service life, while reducing both friction and dirt ingress. In addition, the MUD11 seal is now available as a stock product, which will make maintenance and replacement more efficient.&nbsp;<br/><br/>“The improvements will help end users to increase productivity while reducing both maintenance and operating costs,” says Vinay Joyappa, Global Product Manager at SKF.&nbsp;<br/><br/>MUD11 seals protect wheel-end bearings, to prevent failure in equipment such as tractors and construction vehicles. A typical example is seen at harvesting time, when farming machinery must maintain performance under punishing conditions. Wheel-end bearings in both front and rear axles must withstand heavy loads, plus dusty or dirty conditions, for long periods of time. The MUD11 seal helps to overcome this.&nbsp;<br/><br/>New features of the seal include an optimised multi-lip design, an integrated metal sleeve and the use of SKF developed compound. These refinements have increased its service life by up to 50%, while also reducing seal initial friction by around 20%. This can help OEMs and distributors to extend wheel-end service life and reduce warranty claims. It can also remove the need for expensive shaft machining.&nbsp;<br/><br/>As well as excluding contamination more effectively, the new multi-lip design is easier to install than its predecessor. The new seal can be retrofitted into an existing envelope using a two-step assembly.&nbsp;<br/><br/>The seals also offer customers a number of sustainability benefits. These include preventing lubricant loss; extending both bearing lifetime and seal service life; and reducing friction (leading to lower energy consumption).&nbsp;<br/><br/>Being available as a stock item makes MUD11 seals easily available through SKF’s distribution network. This helps users to reduce customer inventories, while localised sourcing helps to cut import duties.&nbsp;<br/></p><p><br/></p>