Engineering Competence

New handbook for industrial gearbox design

SKF has issued an interactive CD-ROM titled Electronic Handbook – Rolling Bearings in Industrial Gearboxes. The handbook includes a number of [...]
Bearings,Digitization,Engineering consultancy,Training,
Engineering Competence

Low friction in Ukraine windmill

Ukraine has put into operation a vertical 450-kilowatt windmill for power generation. Located in Evpatoria, Crimea, and designed by Ukrainian company [...]
Bearings,Lubrication Solutions,Maintenance,Wind,
Engineering Competence

Hungarian paper mill goes for CARB

Using SKF’s toroidal roller bearing CARBTM, a fine paper mill in Dunaúváros, Hungary, has doubled the production speed in its papermaking machine. [...]
Bearings,Pulp and paper,
Engineering Competence

Accurate drives for positioning tables

The need for accuracy combined with speed is encouraging the adoption of novel drive concepts for positioning table systems.Demands made on driven [...]
Mechatronics,
Engineering Competence

Tilting towards the future

Part helicopter, part airplane, it will take off vertically yet be able to fly forward at high speed. The Bell 609 is the first tilt-rotor aircraft [...]
Aerospace,Bearings,
Engineering Competence

World record in inline skating

Danish skater Jacob Csizmadia has set a world record in indoor inline skating – 505 kilometres in 24 hours. Using ultra-light inline skates equipped [...]
Bearings,Sports,
Engineering Competence

Drill like a star

High-tech drilling systems from U.S.-based Baker Hughes Inc. can be the difference between make or break in oil exploration. German group member [...]
Bearings,Engineering consultancy,Integrated maintenance solutions,Mining and mineral processing,Research and development,