| May 17th | |
| 20.00 - 23.00 | Arrival. Dinner for all attendees |
| May 18th | |
| 09.00 - 15.30 | Press Event |
| Technical Press Day agenda | |
| 09.00 - 09.20 |
SKF Group; review of business situation and recent key developments. Presented by Tom Johnstone; SKF Group President and CEO |
| 09.20 - 09.35 |
SKF GmbH; focus on scope and highlights of local technical developments, manufacturing investments and products, and application successes. Presented by Manfred Neubert ; MD of SKF GmbH (15 mins) |
| Questions and answer session for above presentations (10 mins) | |
| Coffee break and exhibition viewing, and interviews with Tom Johnstone and Manfred Neubert (25 mins) | |
| 10.10 - 10.40 |
CNA- E&S (Client Needs Analysis - Energy and Sustainability) A web-enabled, plant-wide assessment tool used to identify areas of operations where energy efficiency and sustainability improvements exist and how SKF can assist customers to make those gains |
| 10.40 - 11.10 |
On-line electric motor monitoring for optimizing performance and energy efficiency. New technology to maximise electric equipment reliability and efficiency and release engineers from time consuming data gathering. |
| 11.10 - 11.40 |
Energy efficiency in automotive applications (presentation of 3 new solutions; 1. sensor bearing unit for electric power steering 2. bearing unit for turbochargers 3. rocker arm bearing unit) |
| 11.40 - 12.10 |
SKF Roller Screws technology and applications a growing trend in the use of powerful, compact and energy efficient technology for application in factory automation, Food & Beverage, and manufacturing |
| Buffet Lunch and exhibition viewing, and further interviews with Tom Johnstone and Manfred Neubert (65 mins) | |
| 13.15 - 15.30 | Visit to these selected areas of SKF GmbH facilities |
| a. | Solar Power Roof (one of the largest solar power roof plants in Europe. Almost 4000 panels, saving over 300 tons of CO2 per year)) |
| b. | Demonstration of Remote Wind Turbine monitoring |
| c. | Large Size Bearing Test Rig for Nautilus wind turbine bearings, and other test equipment |
| d. | New robotic handling in manufacturing process for medium TRB's for wind turbine gearboxes |
| e. | New Induction Hardening Heat Treatment of very large Large Size Bearings (Nautilus outer rings). This is latest technology and extremely energy efficient |
| 15.30 | Depart |