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At the boundary between lubrication and wear (part 1)

New evidence shows that good lubrication of gears and bearings requires only a very thin layer of lubricant separating the moving surfaces.Recent [...]
Lubrication Solutions,
Industry

Mopeds built for you

Motorised two-wheelers are the vehicles of choice on India’s crowded roadways. Now, TVS Suzuki is ensuring that those two-wheelers come in an [...]
Bearings,Motorbikes,Transportation & logistics,
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

Wet jet power

Water-jet propulsion has come a long way since the 1950s when the first jet-powered boat worked to navigate a river at 15 kilometres per hour. Now [...]
Bearings,Marine,Racing,Sports,
Industry

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,
Manufacturing
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SKF gets Ukraine bearing plant

SKF has acquired a majority holding in Lutsk Bearing Plant, one of the largest bearing manufacturing companies in Ukraine. “Central and eastern [...]
Asset management,Bearings,Other (roller bearings),Tapered roller bearings,
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,

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