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Solid choice

Solid Oil, or oil retained within a polymer, offers many advantages over its more fluid cousin, grease, for bearing lubrication. In low temperature [...]
Bearings,Lubrication Solutions,Research and development,
Engineering Competence

New train contract

SKF took home a contract from Transwerk of South Africa to supply tapered bearing units – TBUs – and axleboxes for one train consisting of 68 ore [...]
Bearings,Lubrication Services,Railways,Research and development,
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Wind in the sales

A new generation of wind generators, called Windformer and developed by ABB, has in a pilot project carried out in Västerås, Sweden, been shown to [...]
Bearings,Power Generation,Wind,
Engineering Competence

Carbonisation phenomena on dynamic shaft seals

Carbonisation of dynamic shaft seals is a phenomenon that can cause oil leakage. The cause of carbonisation has been studied and suitable test [...]
Research and development,Seals,
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Running accuracy simulations for complete arrangements

Accurate three-dimensional simulation can now be provided for a range of bearing applications, ensuring that a rolling bearing has reliable [...]
Engineering tools,Research and development,
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Lubrication of bearings at low temperatures

In low-temperature conditions, lubrication media must be carefully selected, taking into account the whole range of temperatures over which machinery [...]
Lubrication Solutions,Railways,Transportation & logistics,
Engineering Competence

On forestry’s front line

Forestry is becoming a precision science. The latest harvester from North American – Scandinavian equipment manufacturer Timberjack assesses data [...]
Agriculture,Automation,Bearings,Hub units,Mechatronics,

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