Schaeffler PrecisionDesk app checks bearing authenticity

Bearing manufacturer Schaeffler has launched PrecisionDesk – a free app for mobile devices that includes a feature for checking the authenticity of high precision rotary and linear bearings. The app is designed to help maintenance technicians, fitters and design engineers when selecting bearings or installing components.

The app verifies the authenticity of rolling bearings marked with a data matrix code. This means that users can use the codes to access all of the app’s functions, regardless of whether they are using a smartphone or tablet.

In the future, available options will allow the direct access of bearing-specific measurement records for spindle and rotary table bearings, along with storage for documentation purposes, or sending using the app.

For spindle bearings, it will also be possible to generate bearing-specific electronic data records and, via suitable interfaces, to utilise these in logistics systems, for example.