
Welcome to the International Bearing Application World
for the Bearing & Power Transmission Industry!
Bearing Application World 2021 is THE specialist congress for bearing and drive technology.
This year’s theme is APPLICATION, OPERATION and SOLUTION.
Experts from all over the world cover all facets of the bearing industry, whether sales, mechanical engineering or measurement technology.
We are more than a virtual congress. The unique community idea ensures lasting business relationships.
Please find here the fair concept of BAW!“
EVENT SCHEDULE
You can find our detailed trade fair programme HERE as a PDF download
OCT
26
TUESDAY
DAY ONE
OCT
27
WEDNESDAY
DAY TWO
OCT
28
THURSDAY
DAY THREE
Measuring and Inspection Technology for Rolling Bearing Components

08:30 AM
Opening & Welcome
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stephan Sommer (Steinbeis-Transferzentrum Wälzlagertechnik), Prof. Dr. Robert Grebner (FHWS University of applied sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt), Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Stefan Gladeck (SKF GmbH)
09:00 AM
New Bearing Systems in mechatronic Drive Trains
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stephan Sommer
UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WÜRZBURG-SCHWEINFURT
09:30 AM
Profile- and roughness measurement on rolling bearings
Combined measurement of micro- and macro-geometry on rolling bearing components using the „Tactile Profile Method“.
Robert Schmidt
T&S GESELLSCHAFT FÜR LÄNGENPRÜFTECHNIK MBH

10:00 – 10:30 AM
Coffee break
Rohmann GmbH | Gollub Werkstoffprüfung GmbH & Co. KG


10:30 AM
Testing for material, microstructure, quenched and tempered condition
Eddy Current inspection for 100% quality control in the production process with FastSort and Q-Sort.
Dr. Aschwin Gopalan
Rohmann GmbH

11:00 AM
Pneumatic Measurements on bearings during production
Production-accompanying tactile and non-contact length measurement on bearings
B.Eng. David Schmitt & Maximilian Happach
QPT Innovative Technik Handels GmbH
11:30 AM
Sensor Bearing for Predictive Maintenance
Simple measurement of bearing loads with a new type of sensor bearing for predictive maintenance.
Dr.-Ing.Tobias Schirra
HCP Sense

12:00 – 1:00 PM
Lunch break
Webinar: Contour- and roughness measurements on rolling bearing components and testing of threads with contour measuring devices
David Rösch & Robert Schmidt // T&S GmbH

1:00 PM
Bearings Inside
Innovative methods how to measure preload, contact angle and slip.
M. Eng.,Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Sebastian Stich, Dr. Markus Wolf, Dipl.-Ing. Johannes Pfister
BestSens AG, CSC Bearing Europe GmbH
1:30 PM
Bearing Clearance adjustment – Shims for cost reduction
Precise adjustment of the bearing clearance is essential for a long lifetime of bearings. High tech shims help to hit the optimum.
Dipl. Wirtsch.-Ing Christoph Martin
Georg Martin GmbH
2:00 PM
Crack and grinding burn inspection on bearing rings and rollers
Eddy Current inspection with single and array probes for 100% quality control in the production process.
Niklas Rohmann
Rohmann GmbH

2:30 – 3:00 PM
Coffee break

3:00 PM
Optical measurement of fine machined surfaces with scattered light technique
A fast, optical scattered light sensor for roughness, form and waviness measurement is presented, which is characterized by its high precision and robustness.
Dr. rer. nat. Rainer Brodmann
OptoSurf GmbH
3:30 PM
Additively Manufactured Bearing Cages and Seals
Latest 3D printed applications for bearing manufacturers and benefits of 3D printing.
Duygu Gunay
HP Inc
Rolling Bearings in Wind Power
08:30 AM
Special creeping movements of drive train components in wind power gearboxes
The report shows creeping-based damage mechanisms in wind power gearboxes.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andreas Maiwald
Maiwald Engineering
09:00 AM
Measurement of hydrogen in context of WEC formation
Methods to analyse hydrogen in steel.
Dr.-Ing. Gregor Manke
Euro-Labor GmbH / Ruhr-Universität Bochum
09:30 AM
White Etching Cracks (WEC) have a root cause (always?) Experience and Examples
The detection of white etching cracks (WEC) in metallurgical investigations is easy possible with known methods. The determination of the technical root cause for the appearance of WEC is the more demanding task for defining the corrective solutions in the different applications.
Dipl.-Ing. TU Thomas Peuschel
SKF GmbH

10:00 – 10:30 AM
Coffee Break
10:30 AM
Atomic level imaging and analysis of hydrogen in materials
Using special atomic probe tomography, hydrogen can be quantitatively visualized at the microstructure level.
Prof. Dr. Peter Felfer
FAU Erlangen

11:00 AM
Case Study: WEC in a wind turbine
Analysis of a bearing failure from a wind turbine associated to white etching areas and lubrication
Dipl.-Ing. Hagen Elgeti
Elgeti Engineering
11:30 AM
Tests of Oscillating Bearings
This presentation is about the specific challenges, test programs, sensoring and management for tests of small and big.
Dr. Matthias Stammler
Fraunhofer IWES

12:00 – 1:00 PM
Lunch break
Webinar: Simple rolling bearing simulation with SKF SimproQuick | Thomas Peuschel
SKF GmbH


1:00 PM
Virtual Lab – Digital Twins of Test Rigs
In order to improve SKF simulation software, scientific models need to be calibrated and validated. Digital twins of SKF test rigs in combination with measured data from test rigs can support the model and software development efficiently. The simulation software is later being used to model customer applications. In the presentation, three examples of such digital twins will be shown.
Dipl.-Ing. Albrecht Nestle
SKF GmbH

1:30 PM
Bearing clearance as a critical factor
Bearing clearance as a critical factor for rolling bearing life: Influence on dynamic kinematical behavior and monitoring method.
Dipl.-Ing. Marc Reichhart
eolotec GmbH

2:00 PM
Efficient simulation of large-diameter bearings under consideration of housing elasticities
Large systems, large forces, large housing deformations – Efficient modeling of rolling bearings in system analysis.
M. Eng. Mike Feuchter
CADFEM GmbH

2:30 – 3:00 PM
Coffee Break

3:00 PM
Challenges of Wind Turbine Drive Train Loads and Damages
Wind turbines are highly dynamic systems. They are exposed to strongly changing loads due to fluctuating wind conditions. In this contribution load measurements of a 5 MW wind turbine and bearing/ gear damages from different turbines will be presented.
Dipl.-Ing. Thomas Gellermann & Dr.-Ing. Thomas Griggel
Allianz Zentrum für Technik – Allianz Risk Consulting GmbH

3:30 PM
Take, make and waste
Regeneration and Reuse
Pascal Verhoie
SKF GmbH
Electrical Current Passage and Lubricants
8:30 AM
Lubricant Additives
Wind turbine bearing life extension due to REWITEC application calculated by Sentient Science with DigitalClone model.
Dipl.-Ing Stefan Bill
REWITEC GmbH
09:00 AM
Gamechanging lubricant
Innovation an sustainability through new lubricants to proling lifetime in bearings.
Tanja Ilic
Nanol Technologies
09:30 AM
Measuring and reducing HF bearing currents
Measurement of damaging motor bearing currents in VFD systems and efficient and cost effective methods to reduce them.
Dipl.-Ing . (FH) Thorsten Pemsel
EPA GmbH

10:00 – 10:30 AM
Coffee break
Webinar: ROS plastic cages – from the inquiry to the serial part | Rolf Gieshober
Kunststofftechnik Ros GmbH & Co. KG

10:30 AM
Metall-like Ceramic (MLC)
Apromising material for rolling elements and bearings
Dr.-Ing. Michael Schubert
Global Precursor Ceramics
11:00 AM
Protecting VFD Driven Motors from Bearing Currents
Root causes of bearing currents, impact on the bearings, possibilities to prove and mitigation strategies.
Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Martin Deiss
Electro Static Technology

11:30 AM
Think Global – Act Local
The new Globalization is asking for new ways of working in a rapitly changing world. Supply Chains are challanged more than ever before.
Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Stefan Gladeck
SKF GmbH

12:00 – 1:00 PM
Lunch break

1:00 PM
Tribological Modification of Metal Surfaces by biobased Metalworking Fluids
To reduce friction and wear and to reduce running-in effects, bio-based additives were selected and cooling lubricants for preconditioning metal surfaces were developed as part of a project funded by the FNR.
Dr. Oliver Thordsen
ML Lubrication

1:30 PM
Energy-autarkic wireless measurement for bearing retrofitting
For temperature and rotation speed surveillance, a sensor and energy harvesting system with wireless data transmission from within roller bearings is presented.
Dr. Dipl.-Ing. Markus Pichler-Scheder
Linz Center of Mechatronics
2:00 PM
Energiewende – a challenging task for industry and research
How research can support industry by reaching the ambitious goals.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Markus H. Zink
University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt

2:30 – 3:00 PM
Coffee break

3:00 PM
Cooperative studies at FHWS, Presentation of the FHWS, Working as a Professor at FHWS
Prof. Dr. Ralf Christel, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Hartmann, Eva Kaupp
University of Applied Sciences Würzburg Schweinfurt

3:30 PM
SKF Rotation as a Service – from bearings to fee-based performance
SKF Rotation as a Service – from bearings to fee-based performance
Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Matthias Schmidt
SKF GmbH
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