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Shear mining power

A newly developed longwall shearer with increased supply voltage gives Polish coal mines a productivity boost. A group of Polish designers and [...]
Bearings,Design,Mining and mineral processing,Toroidal roller bearings,
Manufacturing

Service with a future

A long-term maintenance contract between a South African and a German company pushes the boundaries of out-sourcing arrangements. It’s a leap of [...]
Bearings,Mining and mineral processing,
Engineering Competence

Slewing bearings break new ground

Recent developments at SKF have been able to increase slewing bearing life by around 400% using software-based analysis.By their very nature, slewing [...]
Bearing life,Digitization,Marine,
Engineering Competence

Ceramics stand up to harsh realities

Ceramic materials offer the ability to solve bearing-related problems previously insoluble using conventional materials.Ceramic materials are hard [...]
Bearings,Research and development,
Manufacturing

A smooth break-up

Like a common pepper mill, rock crushers grind and wedge their way to pebbles the size of sugar cubes. For Finland’s Nordberg-Lokomo, this daunting [...]
Bearings,Mining and mineral processing,
Engineering Competence

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,

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