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A new performance class for angular contact ball bearings

SKF has developed a new performance class for standard angular contact ball bearings – the SKF Explorer series. The series is now being launched in [...]
Bearing life,Bearings,Design,Engineering consultancy,Reliability,
Industry

A bearing on aerospace

SKF acquired 75 percent of NSK Aerospace of Stonehouse, England, and will change the company’s name to Aeroengine Bearings UK. The intention is to [...]
Aerospace,Bearings,Other products and services,Transportation & logistics,
Industry

Clash of the Titanium

The scene looks like something from a Mad Max movie, only in miniature. Across a barren landscape (in this case, an arena), menacing machines with [...]
Linear motion,
Engineering Competence

Delta Force

To bolster its reliability systems business, in May 2002 SKF acquired Delta Consult of the Netherlands. The company employs 93 people and provides [...]
Integrated maintenance solutions,Maintenance,Mechanical maintenance,
Engineering Competence

By-wire prototype

At the annual Geneva automobile show held in March 2002,a new concept car developed by SKF and Bertone was unveiled. The Novanta concept car uses the [...]
Mechatronics,
Engineering Competence

A partnership not to brake

Australia’s Pacifica group has signed a joint development agreement with SKF to develop parking brake-by-wire systems for passenger cars. Pacifica is [...]
Cars,Electrical,Mechatronics,Transmission,Transportation & logistics,
Industry

Pushing the envelope with NoWear

When you read your daily newspaper, you don’t generally think of the fact that the paper you’re holding was produced at speeds upwards of 1.5 [...]
Bearings,Pulp and paper,

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