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New joint venture in China

SKF is continuing its expansion into the Chinese market. Together with China’s leading bearing producer, Wafangdian Bearing Co. Ltd., SKF is starting [...]
Bearings,Spherical roller bearings,
Engineering Competence

Simple shaft alignment

SKF has launched a new shaft alignment tool, TMEA 1, for alignment of rotating machinery. It enables the alignment of two horizontal shafts with high [...]
Engineering tools,Maintenance,
Engineering Competence

Express service to space

An Ariane rocket launching into space is an impressive sight. But for the people behind the controls at Arianespace, this is business as usual. At [...]
Aerospace,Bearings,
Engineering Competence

Strong lock nuts

The new SKF design for KMT and KMTA lock nuts allows simple, effective and exact axial location of bearings. Securing a conventional nut requires a [...]
Bearings,Design,
Manufacturing

Powerful architecture in Prague

Housed in a 1914 architectural classic, Štvanice Hydroelectric Power Plant blends history with high technology. Situated on the western tip of [...]
Bearings,Marine,Mechanical maintenance,
Engineering Competence

At the boundary between lubrication and wear (part two)

The first part of this article was published in Evolution 2/98. This is the second and last part.For more than 100 years, researchers have looked at [...]
Lubrication Solutions,Research and development,
Engineering Competence

Innovation is the key

Identifying and nurturing promising ideas as they grow into new products and business opportunities is an important part of the SKF corporate [...]
Engineering consultancy,

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