Engineering Competence

A clean-cut household icon

Kobold vacuum cleaners are sold exclusively door-to-door. That’s one reason why manufacturer Vorwerk strives to combine high power and low weight.The [...]
Bearings,Design,Home appliances,
Engineering Competence

Better business through integration

Vendor-managed inventories are a growing trend in supply chain management. The supplier manages the buyer’s stock, which improves business for [...]
Authorised distributor,Automation,Supply chain,
Engineering Competence

Textiles with a global spin

Pakistan-based Gul Ahmed Textile Mills Ltd takes a global view of the market. Its products are found in homes, and on people, around the world.The [...]
Integrated maintenance solutions,Maintenance,Mechanical maintenance,Reliability,Textiles,Training,
Engineering Competence

Light as a bicycle

Low weight and high performance are a winning combination in bicycle racing. That’s why these factors are the focus of Italian bicycle-part [...]
Bearings,Motorbikes,Reliability,
Engineering Competence

Flexible furniture help for handicapped

When you’re dependent on a wheelchair, kitchen work can be difficult to do. Norwegian Fleksibo offers a solution to that problem.Preparing food in a [...]
Home appliances,Linear motion,Research and development,
Engineering Competence

Novel application

SKF has developed a new wheel bearing arrangement for Michelin that allows air to be exchanged between a centralised compressor and a car’s four [...]
Bearings,Cars,Coupling systems,Hub units,Research and development,
Engineering Competence

Spindle system

Russell T. Gilman Inc, an SKF company, launched a new Mech-TronixTM motorised spindle system in May. The Mech-Tronix spindle can be outfitted with [...]
Coupling systems,Research and development,