Engineering Competence

Bearings by the book

Rolling Bearings in Paper Machines, SKF’s new handbook for the paper industry, was developed to help designers of paper machines select bearings that [...]
Engineering consultancy,Pulp and paper,Research and development,
Engineering Competence

Vehicle of the future here now

General Motors’ new concept car, Hy-wire, is the world’s first driveable vehicle to combine a hydrogen fuel cell with by-wire technology. The vehicle [...]
Cars,Design,Mechatronics,Research and development,Transportation & logistics,
Engineering Competence

Pilot project proves effectiveness of decision-support software

Two units within the SKF group, SKF Reliability Systems of the Service Division and SKF Industrial Division Manufacturing, combined their talents to [...]
Condition monitoring,Reliability,
Engineering Competence

ConCentra – a novel locking concept

Following successful testing and customer trials, SKF has launched the ConCentra locking system. The aim is to offer a locking solution that offers [...]
Bearings,Design,Engineering consultancy,Reliability,
Engineering Competence

Sensors for railway bearing units

Wheel slide and skidding on railway vehicles can be avoided by using systems similar to antilock braking systems for cars and trucks. SKF has [...]
Bearings,Condition monitoring,Engineering tools,Railways,
Engineering Competence

A super car is born

Extreme sports cars are traditionally built in Italy or England. But after almost eight years of prototype work, a young Swedish entrepreneur has [...]
Bearings,Cars,Research and development,Seals,
Engineering Competence

A new performance class for angular contact ball bearings

SKF has developed a new performance class for standard angular contact ball bearings – the SKF Explorer series. The series is now being launched in [...]
Bearing life,Bearings,Design,Engineering consultancy,Reliability,