Engineering Competence

Plug and play Speed sensors insensitive to electromagnetic fields

New speed sensor technology for industrial electric vehicles has been developed to cope with the harsh environmental demands created by the switch to [...]
Agriculture,Bearings,Design,
Engineering Competence

Improved lubrication in paper machines

A joint study between Safematic, part of SKF, and the Tampere University of Technology in Finland has led to an improved lubrication solution that [...]
Lubrication Solutions,Maintenance,Pulp and paper,Reliability,
Engineering Competence

Building a Chinese brand

Guangdong Ganey Precision Machinery is offering customers the total cost advantage of high-quality air compressors with long service life and high [...]
Bearings,Design,Mechatronics,
Engineering Competence

To the high heavens

Teamwork is the essential ingredient in the development of the new Vega launcher, due to be tested at the end of 2007. Since the launchof Sputnik on [...]
Aerospace,Linear motion,
Engineering Competence

A polo goes electric

  Returning to his fiery-red VW Polo, parked in Moosburg near Munich in Germany, Wolfgang Bauer found a ticket decor-ating the windscreen. On [...]
Cars,Electrical,
Engineering Competence

An eye on water

Fairbanks Morse has been a major player in the pump market since the industrial revolution. Now the company is turning its attention to products that [...]
Bearings,Design,Lubrication Solutions,Seals,
Engineering Competence

A grip on energy efficiency

SKF has developed a new family of bearings that reduce energy consumption by at least 30 percent compared with standard ISO products. This new [...]
Energy and sustainability management,Linear motion,Research and development,