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Industry

Energy in the air

As its technology improves and costs drop, wind power is becoming the power of choice by utilities and communities throughout the world. It is a [...]
Sustainability,Wind,
Engineering Competence

Thrust to trust

Something new is propelling ships to their destinations. It’s a pod that hangs off the ship and allows it greater manoeuvrability, while at the same [...]
Bearings,Marine,
Industry

The economics of waste

Corporate environmental awareness, theorists argue, is not only good for the environment, but it benefits the bottom line as well.World attitudes to [...]
Cars,Electrical,
Engineering Competence

Remote switchgear

Within the power generation industry, the adjustment of gas flow into turbines has been done through homemade mechanisms developed on an ad hoc [...]
Linear motion,
Digital Technology

Mounting instructions online

SKF is launching a new Web-based service with mounting and dismounting instructions in eight languages for its main range of bearings. At the [...]
Bearings,Maintenance,Maintenance products,Online services,Training,
Industry

Twist and Turn

“The twist” was a rock ‘n’ roll dance phenomenon that swept the world in the 1950s and still lives on in some places. This movement is no longer [...]
Bearings,
Manufacturing

Small slewing bearings

In June 2001, SKF launched its new line of L-shape slewing bearings to cover small machinery applications ranging from aerial work platforms and [...]
Aerospace,Agriculture,Bearings,Lifting and Handling,

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