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Larry Burns – Automotive visionary

When the General Motors fuel-cell and by-wire concept car Hy-wire debuted at the Paris Motor Show in September 2002, no one was prouder than Larry [...]
Cars,Mechatronics,
Engineering Competence

Getting ahead by driving backwards

Fendt customers wanted a smaller tractor that could drive backwards as well as forward. Fendt turned to Neumaier Industrie-Technik to make that wish [...]
Agriculture,Bearings,Coupling systems,Mechatronics,Transportation & logistics,Trucks,
Engineering Competence

Keeping the right pressure

A new system will manage tyre pressure and temperature, compensating for any abnormality and making the need for spare tyres obsolete. The result: [...]
Cars,Engineering consultancy,Hub units,
Manufacturing

Micromotor packs a punch

A motor is normally supposed to rotate. Yet a Swedish start-up has developed a revolutionary new motor that walks.
Linear motion,Mechatronics,
Manufacturing
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Mechatronics – from fuel injection to robotic soccer stars

Some hail it as the mechanical engineering of the 21st century. Others have not yet realised its potential. Regardless, the relatively new field of [...]
Automation,Mechatronics,
Engineering Competence

Decision-support system for bearing failure mode analysis

Gaining insight and information from rolling bearing damage and failures is of strategic importance for SKF and its customers. The knowledge [...]
Bearings,Failure modes,Research and development,
Engineering Competence

Preadjustable non-locating bearing unit

The SKF Panloc is a non-locating bearing unit that allows the internal clearance or preload to be adjusted to specific values.
Bearings,Engineering consultancy,

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