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Industry

Looking beyond

How can an agricultural products distributor be described as creative? In the case of Mynhardt de Bruin, owner of South Africa’s Groep 5, the answer [...]
Agriculture,Bearings,Hub units,
Industry

Making life easier with a handy move

Belgium’s Handi-Move International, a manufacturer of lift and care systems, is looking to fill the needs of ageing populations and disabled people [...]
Design,Linear motion,Medical and Health Care,
Industry

Heavy lifting

At SSAB’s sheet steel mill in Luleå, Sweden, great care is given to the 15 overhead process cranes that transport and tip 100-tonne ladles of molten [...]
Condition monitoring,Metal industry,Reliability,
Manufacturing

Lights out – The end nears for the incandescent light bulb

It has been a fixture of Western culture, brightening the lives of billions of people for the past 140 years. But modern technology and environmental [...]
Electrical,Sustainability,
Manufacturing
Option 1

New contract with ­Metso ­Lindemann

SKF has signed a five-year contract with Metso Lindemann to operate its global wear and spare parts warehouse and distribution. SKF will supply Metso [...]
Transportation and logistics,
Manufacturing
Option 1

Increased productivity at S-OIL

SKF is assisting the South Korean oil refinery S-OIL in increasing productivity and reducing potential production downtime. The project has resulted [...]
Asset management,Maintenance products,Reliability,
Engineering Competence

Wind industry service centre and global technical centre in Shanghai

The SKF Asia Pacific wind industry service centre was inaugurated at the SKF Solution Factory in Shanghai, China, in April 2010. This is the third [...]
Condition monitoring,Engineering consultancy,Engineering tools,Maintenance,

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