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We all scream for ice cream

To many, a great dinner would not be complete without ice cream for dessert. The dictionary defines ice cream as a “smooth, sweet, cold food prepared [...]
Bearings,Food and Beverage,
Engineering Competence

The magic of roundness

Tiny deviations in the roundness of bearing elements can have an impact on bearing quality.Periodic form deviations in the range of an angstrom [...]
Bearings,Cars,Research and development,
Engineering Competence

Proper fitting, fewer failures

After examining thousands of failed bearings over a period of years, SKF has concluded that 16 percent of all bearing failures can be attributed to [...]
Bearing life,Bearings,Condition monitoring,Maintenance,Maintenance products,Monitoring and diagnostic,Reliability,Training,
Engineering Competence

Gold in tribology

The 1997 Tribology Gold Medal has been awarded to Bo Jacobson, professor of machine elements at Lund Institute of Technology, Sweden. Jacobson was [...]
Research and development,
Engineering Competence

Heavy loads on CARBTM

By replacing the roller bearings that supported a heavy lift ring crane with CARBTM, the Dutch firm Huisman-Itrec eliminated fretting corrosion in [...]
Bearings,Lifting and Handling,
Engineering Competence

Working at high speed

Grinding, milling and drilling are examples of operations where applications require simultaneous rotational and axial movement. For these [...]
Engineering consultancy,Machine Tools,Research and development,Spindles,
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Bearings at fairs

What did the Bearing ’97 exhibition in Beijing and the International Trade Fair for Sports Equipment and Fashion in Munich have in common? The [...]
Bearings,

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