SKF Joins ISA100 Wireless

The ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute announced today that SKF, headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden, has joined the ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute. Since its inception in 1907, SKF has specialized in crafting technology solutions for industrial markets.

As a world leader in bearing technology for over a century, SKF has a unique understanding of rotating equipment and how machine components and industrial processes interrelate. SKF plans to include ISA100 Wireless technology in its condition-monitoring product portfolio.

“SKF adds ground-breaking technologies into products that can translate into real customer advantages,” said Sjur Holm, Strategic Product Line Manager, SKF USA Inc.  “ISA100 Wireless will give our condition-monitoring offerings a competitive edge that will translate into direct customer benefits of saving time and money.”

“We are extremely pleased to include SKF as a new member of the ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute and look forward to collaborating with SKF team members,” said Andre Ristaino, Managing Director, ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute. “SKF is a globally recognized company with a great reputation and impressive portfolio of products and engineering service offerings.”

About ISA100 Wireless
ISA100 Wireless (IEC 62734) is an international, industrial wireless networking standard engineered to serve the needs of process industries. With native IPv6 networking, ISA100 Wireless extends the Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT) to wireless.  End users can select ISA100 Wireless Compliant devices from a best-of-breed pool of suppliers with assurances of device interoperability. ISA100 Wireless enables automation engineers to quickly create, modify, optimize, and scale wireless networks that are open, interoperable, and reliable for their most critical applications. ISA100 Wireless is the first standard in the ISA100 family of open standards.