Reliability

Flexible choice for reliable gearbox solutions

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SKF’s high-capacity cylindrical roller bearings are specifically designed for wind turbine gearbox applications. The new separable design provides high performance and improved reliability and facilitates assembly, maintenance and repair operations. Wind turbine drivetrain concepts are special. There are turbines with or without gearboxes, and there are hybrid turbines that actually do have a gearbox but only one or two stages of gearing and do not use a high-speed generator. Looking back...
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The Orion Nebula  Photo: NASA and ESA

A dark mission

In the southernmost reach of earth, a telescope is helping scientists solve a great mystery of the cosmos. Fasten your seatbelt. What follows...

Bearings and related products are used as critical components in all kinds of machinery, including in aircraft. Counterfeit goods lack quality controls and therefore pose a serious public safety risk.

Fighting the fakes

SKF is putting a lot of effort into fighting the worldwide ­problem of counterfeit bearings. The main goals are to ­protect...

Plant stock and people are protected from wind and rain but have access to fresh air and

Open to the ­elements

Using a novel roof design, British greenhouse manufacturer Naturelight is able to create the optimal growing and outdoor retail shop...

Bearing

The benefits of remanufacturing rolling bearings

Remanufacturing bearings can help ­companies reduce downtime, save costs, reduce scrap and support sustainability. Bearings are core components of plant assets, and they...

Xuzhou Keyuan Hydraulic Pressure Co. Ltd.

Reliability counts

Xuzhou Keyuan Hydraulic Pressure Co. Ltd. is striving to explore new modes of growth while improving its reputation for product...

Copper is the primary product of KCM.

Smelter shelter

A reinforced relationship between SKF and Konkola Copper Mines in Zambia has proved a major success for both sides. The Konkola Copper...

The United States accounts for about 20 percent of the world’s total energy-related CO2 emissions.

Wind powering the U.S.

For more than 150 years, the United States has been drawing the bulk of its energy from below ground. But the...

HI_LAB HIGH RES

An issue of tissue

Urgent equipment crises are a thing of the past at RTI Biologics since the installation of the state-of-the-art SKF machine...

Timo Juvonen

Smooth operator

Operator driven reliability (ODR) has reduced unplanned shutdowns at Stora Enso’s paper mill in Varkaus, Finland. Technology is important, but...