Datasheet

Industry focus:
Food and beverage
Food and beverage industry regulation is
placing ever greater demands on safe food
production. Food grade and optically detect-
able components are some of the support-
ing developments being applied to bearings
to meet HACCP and other food safety man-
agement systems and regulation
requirements.
Recalls are often being initiated because
of very small parts of metal or plastic in
food.
When machine components directly con-
tact foodstuffs, there is a risk that the lubri-
cant will contaminate the product. To avoid
this, food safety management systems and
regulations
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require the use of certified
food grade lubricants.
Taking that recommendation one step
further, the developing industry trend is to
use food grade lubricants plant-wide. This
avoids the possibility that a non-food grade
lubricant is mistakenly applied to a critical
position.
To prevent bacterial growth, machinery is
often exposed to frequent washdowns with
caustic antibacterial cleansing agents, that
can drastically increase the risk of corroding
standard bearings, leading to costly unplanned
stops.
New food industry compliant
bearings
In order to comply with food safety require-
ments, the new SKF Food Line stainless
steel deep groove ball bearing (suffix VP311)
offer is introduced as a reliable solution, that
meets the industry needs and requirements:
• High quality grease, suitable for typical food
and beverage application conditions regis-
tered as NSF H1
(† Note 2, page 6)
• The blue seal material for optical detection
in case of failed seal material entering the
food stream, is according to FDA and the
qualification of EC († Note 1, page 6)
Manufactured from stainless steel, the SKF
deep groove ball bearings offer high corrosion
resistance for virtually all food and beverage
environments.
Compliance to food safety requirements
makes the new SKF Food Line stainless steel
deep groove ball bearings an ideal solution
for virtually all applications in food and
beverage processes.
1)
Food safety management systems and regula-
tions: HACCP, GMPS and ISO22000
Food grade grease filled
bearings
In addition to this new offer, SKF can still
offer stainless steel deep groove ball bearings
with food grade grease registred as NSF H1
(† Note 2, page 6) (identified by the SKF
suffix VT378). Bearings with this special
grease come with a standard black nitrile
seal.
Challenging process environments and hygienic washdowns require corrosion resistant bearing
components to keep assets reliable and HACCP compliant.
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