Engineering Competence

100 YEARS EVOLUTION – of cylindrical roller bearings

Design improvements in cylindrical roller bearings have arisen through more than 100 years of bearing evolution. Thanks to this breadth of [...]
Bearings,Design,Research and development,
Engineering Competence

Compact hydraulic unit for high-tech fine paper machine

Specialists within SKF Lubrication Systems AG have developed a unique lubrication system to meet the needs of Voith’s latest and largest paper [...]
Design,Lubricants,
Engineering Competence

A clean sweep

Operating equipment in the gritty environment of limestone mining requires constant vigilance and the right equipment for the job. Belgium’s Sagrex [...]
Mining and mineral processing,
Engineering Competence

Steven Beckers – with sustainability on his mind

  As a small boy on the lap of his architect grandfather, Steven Beckers knew that he too would become an architect. Now he has fulfilled that goal, [...]
Linear motion,Sustainability,
Engineering Competence

A flash of power

A small US-based car manufacturer has come up with an electric car with performance that can match – or even outperform – most of its petrol-driven [...]
Bearings,Cars,Electrical,
Engineering Competence

Bearings for 500 chinese locomotives

  SKF has gained an order worth 14 million euros from CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co. Ltd., ZELC, to equip 500 mainline electric locomotives for [...]
Bearings,Maintenance products,Railways,Remanufacturing,Transmission,
Engineering Competence

International prize for tribology research and application

  Professor Stathis Ioannides, SKF Group director of Product Engineering, has been awarded the Tribology Trust’s Gold Medal, internationally [...]
Research and development,Talent,