Total Lubricants and NTN-SNR partner on bearings lubrication

Total lubricants which is TotalEnergies’ Lubricants division and NTN-SNR BEARINGS a division of NTN Corporation, the designers, developers and manufacturers of bearings and transmission seals globally have renewed their partnership in the mobility sector. The two companies will pool-specific expertise to optimize the lubrication of bearings developed to meet the challenges of new mobilities and reduce their carbon footprint.

Within the framework of this collaboration, experts from NTN-SNR and TotalEnergies’ Lubricant division are working on various projects, developing solutions that are more reliable, more innovative and fully consistent with the new requirements of aircraft and automotive manufacturers.

“In electric gear motors for vehicles, our bearings are subjected to new operational constraints that are particularly extreme. We need to keep improving our understanding so that we can devise new protective solutions and guarantee reliability for the best cost,” explained Christophe Nicot, CTO NTN Europe.

“For nearly a century, TotalEnergies’ Lubricants Division has been a central partner for industry and the automotive sector. In renewing our partnership with NTN-SNR, we are offering them innovative, high-performance products and services that comply with the most stringent certifications and standards, which will help them to reduce their carbon footprint,” said Pierre Duhot, TotalEnergies’ Lubricants division’s Chief Executive Officer.