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Service with a future

service with a future
A long-term maintenance contract between a South African and a German company pushes the boundaries of outsourcing arrangements. It's a leap of faith for a major manufacturer to allow an essential element of its processes out of its control, but that's what the South African chemical giant Sasol has done. It's given Babcock Kraftwerkstechnik GmbH a 10-year contract to maintain its coal pulverizers. And if Babcock can't keep 68 pulverizers providing...
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A smooth break-up1

A smooth break-up

Like a common pepper mill, rock crushers grind and wedge their way to pebbles the size of sugar cubes. For...

Spindles see major change

SKF has acquired Russell T. Gilman Inc., one of the leading producers of spindles for machine tools in the United...

Shear mining power

Shear mining power

A newly developed longwall shearer with increased supply voltage gives Polish coal mines a productivity boost. A group of Polish designers...

Hybrid bearings for tough applications

Hybrid bearings have rolling elements of ceramic material and rings of bearing steel. They give longer service life and reduce...

High standard of steel1

High standard of steel

U.S. company Bethlehem Steel uses 228 cranes to keep the flow of materials moving through the manufacturing process at its...

All set for a good life1

All set for a good life

Truck hub units have the potential to keep trucks on the road longer, with less downtime. Fleet operator Hare Express...

New joint venture in China

SKF is continuing its expansion into the Chinese market. Together with China's leading bearing producer, Wafangdian Bearing Co. Ltd., SKF...

Insulation combats current

Passage of current can cause lasting damage to raceways and bearing rings within a relatively short period of time. This...

Power from the sky

Powerful architecture in Prague

Housed in a 1914 architectural classic, Štvanice Hydroelectric Power Plant blends history with high technology. Situated on the western tip of...