Engineering Competence

Cool airflow research

Aircraft designers need to simulate airflow to measure the performance and safety of their models. To get accurate results, the tests must be done at [...]
Aerospace,Linear motion,
Engineering Competence

Clean cars, tidy profits

A car wash is a high-tech piece of machinery. It automatically cleans your car without a scratch, and the most elaborate ones report the job via GSM [...]
Linear motion,
Engineering Competence

Moving the earth

Volvo’s A40D articulated hauler is a giant, built to carry an astonishing 37 tonnes of rock and gravel. But operators want minuscule maintenance [...]
Bearings,Mining and mineral processing,Transportation & logistics,Trucks,
Engineering Competence

Flour power

Your daily bread – as well as your pasta, pastry and breakfast cereal – may all have passed through a grain milling or cereal processing plant from [...]
Bearings,Food and Beverage,
Engineering Competence

Bosch gives SKF supplier award

Since 1987, the Bosch Group has granted the Bosch Supplier Award every two years to a supplier that has provided exceptional product quality, service [...]
Mechatronics,Supply chain,
Engineering Competence

Bumper-to-bumper bearings

Jaguar’s new X – Type is a study in performance and technological innovation. The four – door, all – wheel – drive sports sedan, now available, is [...]
Bearings,Cars,Hub units,Seals,Transportation & logistics,
Engineering Competence

Wind energy solutions:

Turbine ‘parking brake’ By blocking a bearing ring, operators can hold wind turbines in a static condition. This is made possible by a newly patented [...]
Bearings,Wind,