Engineering Competence

Technology with a heart

Exhaustion from brushing your teeth? That’s a reality for millions of patients with end-stage congestive heart failure. Now these patients have the [...]
Linear motion,Medical and Health Care,
Engineering Competence

Diagnostics at sea

The offshore industry is increasingly relying on telecommunications for its operations. For BP in Norway, remotely controlling an oil platform from [...]
Condition monitoring,Maintenance,Mining and mineral processing,Monitoring and diagnostics,Reliability,
Engineering Competence

Turnaround at breakneck speed

When Italian motorcycle maker Ducati found itself heading off track, pulling the brakes was no solution. Instead the company chose to rev it up.When [...]
Motorbikes,Racing,Research and development,Sports,
Engineering Competence

In-depth piping

A new pipe-laying vessel, the CSO Deep Blue, is pushing the envelope of what is possible in deepwater piping. It will have the capacity to lay more [...]
Bearings,Hub units,Lifting and Handling,
Engineering Competence

Bearings and seals for Ford’s new Mondeo

Virtually all the major mechanical systems on Ford’s new Mondeo are equipped with either bearings or seals or both from the SKF Group. Over the [...]
Bearings,Cars,Seals,Transportation & logistics,
Engineering Competence

New ceramic-coated plain bearing

AMPEP plc, a British subsidiary of the SKF Group, is now introducing a new ceramic-coated self-lubricating plain bearing to the market. By applying a [...]
Aerospace,Bearings,
Engineering Competence

By-wire technology in new concept car

A new concept car, developed by SKF and BERTONE, was unveiled at this year’s Geneva Motor Show. The car, called FILO – Italian for wire – contains [...]
Cars,Mechatronics,Transportation & logistics,