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The art of silence

It’s like a dream. Sailing on a cruise ship in the Caribbean. Surrounded by gorgeous settings, you decide to spend the evening at the on-board [...]
Bearings,Marine,
Digital Technology

Interactive bearing selection

The new SKF Interactive Engineering Catalogue on CD-ROM has been released. It is based on the contents of the SKF catalogues General Catalogue, Large [...]
Digitization,Training,
Digital Technology

Industrial intelligence

SKF Condition Monitoring equipment used by Iggesund Paperboard in Workington, U.K., has proved invaluable by providing advance warning of an imminent [...]
Artificial intelligence,Condition monitoring,Maintenance,Maintenance products,Monitoring and diagnostic,Pulp and paper,Reliability,
Industry

Ovako Steel invests for the future

Ovako Steel, a fully owned subsidiary of SKF, has built a new tube mill in Hofors, Sweden. Commissioned in May 1998, Tube Mill 6 is the most modern [...]
Metals,
Engineering Competence

Spindles see major change

SKF has acquired Russell T. Gilman Inc., one of the leading producers of spindles for machine tools in the United States. The acquisition will [...]
Engineering consultancy,Machine Tools,Research and development,Spindles,
Industry

New awards

May 1998 was a rewarding month for the SKF Group. First, packaging and processing giant Tetra Pak awarded SKF its Recommended Component Supplier [...]
Bearings,Packaging and converting,Supply chain,
Engineering Competence

Rods and bearings in space

Bearing applications can sometimes be out of this world. Take the European space pro-gramme Ariane. Sarma, a speciality products division of SKF [...]
Aerospace,Bearings,

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