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Manufacturing
SKF sets new climate targets

SKF sets new climate targets

At year-end 2016, the SKF Group concluded a four-year programme to address climate change, resulting in a 14 percent absolute reduction in energy [...]
Sustainability,
Engineering Competence
World’s most powerful large-size bearing test centre in operation

World’s most powerful large-size bearing test centre in operation

Recently, SKF officially inaugurated the Sven Wingquist Test Center, the world’s most powerful large-size bearing test centre. The centre, situated [...]
Bearing life,Bearings,Testing and test center,
Industry
The force of Magnus

The force of Magnus

There are only a handful of paths to making the world’s shipping industry greener and at the same time profitable. One route involves hull and engine [...]
Bearing life,Bearings,Marine,
Engineering Competence
A friction fighter with a dream

A friction fighter with a dream

Growing up with two volcanologist parents on the seismically active eastern edge of Siberia, Sergei Glavatskih seemed destined to be a scientist too. [...]
Research and development,Talent,
Engineering Competence
The silence of the trains

The silence of the trains

The suspension railway in the city of Wuppertal, Germany, is a world-famous landmark and has been carrying passengers at up to 12 metres above the [...]
Integrated maintenance solutions,Lubrication Solutions,
Manufacturing
Modernizing production channels

Modernizing production channels

Some 30 million euros are invested in the modernizing of SKF’s cylindrical roller and large-size bearing production in Schweinfurt, Germany. These [...]
Automation,Digitization,
Industry
Fast track to the future

Fast track to the future

The Hyperloop transport concept, which iconic inventor and entrepreneur Elon Musk outlined in 2013, has prodded a lot of scientific minds to action. [...]
Railways,

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