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The eBearing News
September 14, 2005
SKF Wins Rolls-Royce
Jet Engine Bearing Contract
copyright © 2005 eBearing Inc.
SKF AB (Sweden) said it has won the contract to supply Rolls-Royce plc (UK) with main
shaft bearings for the new, advanced Trent 1000 jet engine.
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Trent 1000
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SKF will manufacture the eight main shaft bearings, and three auxiliary shafts,
supplied directly to Rolls-Royce.
In addition, SKF will supply bearings to Kawasaki Heavy Industries (Japan), for the
Trent 1000 high-efficiency 3-shaft compressor section.
SKF Aeroengine Bearings UK, in Stonehouse, will supply the bearings. The company already
supplies bearings for the Trent 500, Trent 700 and Trent 800 engines.
SKF Aeroengine includes Stonehouse, MRC Bearings in the USA, and SKF Avio in Italy.
Specifically designed for use in the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Trent 1000 is a three-shaft design with a 112 inch
fan, developing up to 75,000 pounds of thrust. It is characterized as a low-weight,
low-drag, low-fuel-burn engine, the first capable of equally efficient operation in
both in short-haul and long-haul flight situations.
SKF's first production bearing and shaft
deliveries are due in late 2005, with engine development testing in 2006, type approval
due by 2007 and first commercial in-service scheduled for 2008. By the time it enters service
on an actual Boeing 787, the Trent series will have logged more than 35 million operating hours.
The expected life cycle of the Trent 1000 is 25 years minimum, said SKF, and includes
spares and aftermarket bearing business during that period.
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