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Compact taper roller bearing lives up to its name

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SKF has developed a new bearing generation for railway applications that offers lower life-cycle costs and longer maintenance intervals. Laboratory and field-test results confirm the performance expectations.   When considering tapered journal bearings for railways, safety and reliability are a matter of bearing design. Design has a further impact on the life-cycle cost. Today, many kinds of railway vehicles are equipped with the TBU design – the tapered roller bearing unit. All...
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The power of speed6

The power of speed

From its start in academia, Turbo Genset has become a main player in the fast-growing market for high-speed turbo generators. Justin...

A passion for plastic3

A passion for plastic

As usual, the Greeks had a word for it, long before plastics came to dominate modern life in the second...

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Providing a good foundation for machines

A recently formed SKF Alignment Competence Center helps customers make proper alignment to prevent early machine failure. Machinery mounting, alignment services...

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Grease life in lubricated-for-life deep groove ball bearings

Advanced grease-life estimates for lubricated-for-life ball bearings can be made with a new diagram that includes operating temperature and grease...

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Trends in machine-tool spindle design

The machine-tool industry is improving productivity through higher speeds, improved power density and multipurpose operations. This requires continuously developed spindle...

Dead Sea alive with mining activity5

Dead Sea alive with mining activity

The Dead Sea is proving to be a rich source of minerals, including potash. The Dead Sea Works is using...

High tech on the high seas1

High tech on the high seas

Forget cumbersome propeller shafts coupled to noisy vibrating diesels. The world’s biggest and most exclusive cruise  ship is propelled by...

Better base control

Magnetic, a division of SKF Actuation Systems of SKF Linear Motion & Precision Technologies, has developed a new Basic Control...

Don’t stop the presses

Who says the printed daily newspaper is being replaced by the Internet? Not the management of the Kansas City Star,...