Engineering Competence

Craning for a world market

Shipboard cranes have come a long way since the block and tackle. Today, Sweden’s MacGregor Cranes is the brand of choice for global [...]
Bearings,Design,Lifting and Handling,Marine,Transportation & logistics,
Engineering Competence

Hard life for shopping trolleys

A Canadian manufacturer aims to improve the durability of the prosaic buggy, and at the same time provide customers with a quiet trip through the [...]
Bearings,Design,Transportation & logistics,
Engineering Competence

Engineering polymers for designer cages

Polymer materials are increasingly replacing metal in bearing cage design. The factors behind this growth are linked to improvements in engineering [...]
Research and development,
Engineering Competence

Sensorised bearings add power to control

One of the first industrial applications of the SKF sensorised bearing is electrical forklift truck drives. As part of the control system for an AC [...]
Bearings,Mechatronics,
Engineering Competence

CARB cuts fan vibrations

Engineers from SKF and ABB Fläkt Industri AB have solved the problem of excessive vibration in large fans by using CARBTM as the non-locating bearing [...]
Bearings,Coupling systems,
Engineering Competence
Option 1

Magnetic partners

SKF and Calgary-based Revolve Technologies Inc. in Canada have established a new company, Revolve Magnetic Bearings Inc. “With this alliance, we have [...]
Asset management,Bearings,
Engineering Competence
Option 1

Back-to-back bearings

As a response to increased cutting speeds in CNC turning or milling machines, SKF has developed a new series of high-speed bearings called BTM. The [...]
Bearings,Machine Tools,