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Manufacturing

Take care of your crusher

It takes rugged equipment to crush mountains of rocks down to small sizes. It also takes a smoothly operating service organisation.Since the dawn of [...]
Bearings,Cylindrical roller bearings,Design,Integrated maintenance solutions,Mechanical maintenance,Mining and mineral processing,Reliability,
Manufacturing

Plenty of power in stainless steel ingredient

Making ferrosilicon for steel alloys is a hot and heavy business. Norwegian smelter Elkem Salten uses both hearsay and advanced sensor systems to [...]
Bearings,Engineering consultancy,Maintenance products,Metals,Seals,
Engineering Competence

After the storm

When a devastating hurricane hit Chevron’s oil refinery in the southern U.S. in 1998, it left seaweed on two-metre-high fences and a mark on the [...]
Engineering consultancy,Maintenance,Reliability,Training,
Engineering Competence

Maintenance works itself out of a job

Scheduled machinery overhauls and quick responses to breakdowns are no longer enough. Now service organisations must attack the root of the [...]
Condition monitoring,Reliability,
Engineering Competence

Eye on the new millennium

Do you believe that the arrival of the third millennium – as counted by the Gregorian calendar – is cause for a big celebration? Whether or not you [...]
Bearings,
Industry

Joint venture for steel balls

The SKF Group is investigating the feasibility of a joint venture with the U.S. chrome steel ball manufacturer NN Ball & Roller Inc., and the [...]
Bearings,
Digital Technology

Trouble-Free in Scandinavia

TFO means Trouble-Free Operation. But to make it more than just another technical abbreviation, it takes know-how. SKF Scandinavia is focusing on [...]
Bearing life,Bearings,Condition monitoring,Maintenance,Monitoring and diagnostic,Reliability,Training,

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