Through extensive testing of thousands of bearings, Timken has developed a proprietary method of calculating bearing life, called Syber Bearing System Analysis. Using this highly advanced software, Timken engineers work closely with wind turbine design engineers to explore the wide range of operating parameters commonly experienced by wind turbines – and identifying the optimum friction-management solutions.

With long predicted life as the industry's design requirement for bearing L10 life, applying the best bearing analysis tools during the design phase is critically important. Syber is easily applied when modeling systems and predicting performance in a variety of conditions. Using advanced graphs and diagrams, it portrays complex duty cycles, system deflection and bearing behavior in terms that are informative and easy to understand. Engineers can rely on Syber results to help optimize gear box designs, predict potential damage modes and reduce development time and cost.

At the data input stage, Syber accommodates all bearing types and 12 types of gear designs. Users can choose from more than 100 plots and animated graphics and performance models, including:

• Contact stress along roller-race contacts
• System deformation
• Rib-roller contact dimensions and locations
• Solid views of pressure on rollers
• Life depletion
• Power losses
• Displacement of gear mesh points versus load conditions

Syber analysis results are based upon numerical simulation that has been generally confirmed with experimentation – saving users time and money related to component and system development.

Timken's Syber Bearing System Analysis graphically displays a variety of analyses, such as system deflection and contact stress.