Engineering Competence

Fast and accurate

Creating machine tools that are both fast and accurate is a challenge. Japan’s Matsuura Machinery Corporation has got the right mix.Matsuura [...]
Bearings,Design,Machine Tools,Research and development,
Engineering Competence

A centre for turning

More assembly and less machining. That’s how Motch Corporation has changed the way it makes its machine tools.If there’s been one lesson that [...]
Machine Tools,Spindles,
Engineering Competence

Better flexibility in precision grinding

Lidköping Machine Tools, part of SKF, has developed a new range of machines for accurate grinding coupled with flexibility in automotive [...]
Coupling systems,Machine Tools,
Engineering Competence

Documented care for the environment

SKF introduced an environmental management system across the group that meets the new international voluntary standard, ISO 14001.SKF set itself a [...]
Sustainability,
Engineering Competence

New methods to predict dimensional stability

The effects of heat treatment on a bearing can now be predicted accurately for years to come, thanks to a technique that takes a new look at the use [...]
Engineering tools,
Engineering Competence

Reborn and Airborne

It had been more than half a century since a new Zeppelin flew over Friedrichshafen, Germany. So it was an important day when it finally happened [...]
Aerospace,Bearings,Design,
Engineering Competence

Optimised bearings for locomotive transmissions

Modular design makes the new Adtranz Octeon locomotives flexible. SKF optimised the bearings for the integrated drive system.Electric locomotives are [...]
Bearings,Integrated maintenance solutions,Railways,Transmission,Transportation & logistics,