Servicing SKF & Simplex stern tube seal systems
Stern tube seal service for SKF Simplex® seals
Regular maintenance of your vessel’s SKF Simplex® stern tube seals is essential to extend their life and prevent wear and damage, helping to ensure safety and protect the environment. RM Propulsion’s dedicated service engineers can provide a complete overhaul service for SKF Simplex® stern tube seals.
We always start with a free consultation to ensure that you get exactly the right level of support for your SKF Simplex® seals. With many years of experience in stern tube seal servicing, we have the expertise to keep your vessel running safely and smoothly. And with service engineers in Turkey, Estonia, China and the Netherlands, we’re never far away. We can come to you wherever you are, and carry out emergency repairs afloat or in dry dock.
Our service for Simplex® stern tube seals comes with a one-year warranty.
Ocean Seal® Compatibility
Our Ocean Seal® stern tube seals are type approved and compatible with the following SKF Simplex® systems:
- Simplex compact
- Simplex SC1
- Simplex SC2
- Blohm+Voss
You can be certain of our technical experience and knowledge, we are very familiar with your Simplex stern tube seal systems.
More about our own Ocean Seal® Click here.
*RM Propulsion has no commercial relationship with Simplex SKF®. We are an independent company in the marine industry.
Does the propeller shaft need to be removed to replace SKF Simplex® seals?
This depends on what other maintenance work is required. For example, if your vessel’s chrome steel liners or bearings need to be replaced, it may make sense to remove the propeller shaft and install the SKF Simplex® stern tube seal directly in the housing. This maintenance operation is performed in a dry dock.
However, it’s not necessary to remove the propeller shaft to replace the stern seal. Our expertise in stern tube seal bonding allows us to replace the stern tube seals without removing the propeller shaft. This can be carried out by our service engineers either afloat or in dry dock. Under normal conditions, we can replace both the forward and aft SKF Simplex® stern tube seals using bonding in three to four days.
Adding a distance ring to your SKF Simplex® stern tube system
Our expert service engineers can support you with many stages of the maintenance cycle for your SKF® Simplex seals, including supplying and installing distance rings. Thanks to their unique ‘divisible’ design, our stern tube distance rings can be fitted without removing the propeller shaft – making the process both time-efficient and cost-effective. Our distance rings are compatible with SKF Simplex® stern tube systems.
Learn more about our distance rings here.
Chrome steel liners for your SKF Simplex® seal systems
In addition to stern tube seals, we also supply chrome steel liners for all standard systems. Our chrome steel liners are compatible with SKF Simplex® systems.
Learn more about our Chrome steel liners here.
