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Engineering Competence

SKF supplies bearings to Zytek’s hybrid-electric racing car

  Zytek Engineering has chosen SKF to supply customized and standard deep groove ball bearings for the electric motor generator unit and the [...]
Cars,Electrical,Engineering consultancy,Racing,
Engineering Competence

Racing with the sun

A lens invented in 1822 helped propel a Dutch solar-powered car across the Australian outback in the World Solar Challenge held in October 2009. The [...]
Bearings,Energy and sustainability management,Racing,
Industry

Big wheels keep on turning

When you describe the Chuquicamata copper mine in northern Chile, you have to dig deep into your thesaurus for synonyms for the word “big”. [...]
Bearings,Condition monitoring,Lubrication Services,Lubrication Solutions,Mining and mineral processing,Reliability,Seals,
Engineering Competence

Vertical power

Tianjin Shiming Powder Technique Equipment Co. Ltd. is on the cutting edge of the cement industry in China in terms of the promotion of vertical [...]
Bearings,Maintenance,Metals,Reliability,Seals,
Engineering Competence

Nonstop crushing

Unscheduled stoppages can hit mine production hard. Portugal’s Somincor turned to SKF to keep its rock crushers running and facilitate [...]
Authorised distributor,Integrated maintenance solutions,Mining and mineral processing,Reliability,Transmission,
Digital Technology

A fluid transfer of knowledge

Texas A&M, a renowned US engineering university, fills a gap in pumping technology education with a new pump lab, designed to give students [...]
Bearing life,Condition monitoring,Maintenance,
Engineering Competence

Lubrication and contamination effects on bearing life

  Bearing life is influenced by many factors. Two of the most important are lubrication and contamination. Through a better understanding of the [...]
Bearing life,Lubrication Solutions,

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