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On the right track

On the right track2
Unplanned downtime was cut by half when Kodak partnered with SKF to improve the reliability of its Track Five sensitizing machine. Kodak’s huge EKTAcolor sensitizing machine is housed in what is one of Europe’s largest brick buildings, solid and rising above the sprawling northwest London suburb of Harrow. The machine – known as “Track Five” – is a masterful work of speed and precision, applying light-sensitive coatings to photographic paper. Kodak Ltd....
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In the driver’s seat4

In the driver’s seat

Volvo has unveiled a concept car specifically aimed at the professional and independent woman. And, to better focus on the...

Axlebridge (8)

Axlebridge designs for low-floor tramways

Low-floor tramcars and light rail vehicles offer easy entry for passengers into the vehicle. The Combino® modular tramcar made by...

Smart Housing (2)

Smart Housing – the integrated sensor solution

Smart Housing is a way of integrating sensors into a housing to allow monitoring and control of critical bearing applications....

Electrical (4)

Electrical and fire-safe bearings for ventilator motors

Electrical motors for fan arrangements are increasingly used with power frequency converters for variable-air-volume ventilation systems. This means bearings must...

Spring time6

Spring time

Stabilus, the German company that virtually created the gas spring industry when it started producing pistons in gas-filled tubes in...

Helicopters in top flight2

Helicopters in top flight

What started as an Italian family-run business in the early days of airplanes has become, through a series of partnerships,...

High-speed (2)

High-speed bearing system for future generations of paper machines

SKF has created the VA460 family of high-speed bearings to meet the requirements of the paper industry for ever-faster paper...

SKF Explorer (5)

SKF Explorer taper roller bearings offer performance edge

SKF Explorer taper roller bearings offer performance that opens up new options for machine design and problem solving. SKF faces a...

Hybrid (1)

Hybrid traction motor bearing units for mass-transit vehicles

Traction motor bearing units are increasingly used to lower life-cycle cost and improve performance in railway applications. Škoda Trakcní Motory...