SKF Partners With Sentea to Scale Fiber-Optic Bearing Sensors
Gothenburg, Sweden – September 11, 2026 -- SKF has selected fiber-optic sensing specialist Sentea to develop and produce SKF Core, a new integrated hardware platform designed to accelerate commercial deployment of its Insight bearing technology.
SKF Core consolidates sensing, processing and communication into one industrial unit
The platform integrates three previously separate functions into a single unit, reducing system complexity for customers deploying machine intelligence solutions at scale. SKF Insight bearings use fiber-optic sensing to give machine builders and industrial operators direct visibility into operating conditions including loads, speeds, temperatures and vibrations, exceeding the limits of conventional monitoring technologies.