Engineering Competence

Compact taper roller bearing lives up to its name

SKF has developed a new bearing generation for railway applications that offers lower life-cycle costs and longer maintenance intervals. Laboratory [...]
Bearings,Design,Railways,
Engineering Competence

The value of reconditioning bearings in cold rolling mills

Refurbishment and reconditioning of bearings used in cold rolling mills can save between 55 % and 65 % on the cost of buying new bearings. SKF [...]
Bearings,Maintenance,Reliability,Remanufacturing,
Engineering Competence

New SKF IEC offers easy online calculations

A new SKF Interactive Engineering Catalogue (IEC) is now available online in seven languages at www.skf.com. It offers a wealth of information plus [...]
Bearings,Engineering tools,
Engineering Competence

Leading the race

With Mogema speed-skating products, Dutch company Sportsinline International has a history of helping competitive inline skaters shave fractions of a [...]
Bearings,Design,Racing,
Engineering Competence

A case of cooperation

An international cooperation across both continents and companies helped to develop the gearbox for the massive new Case IH combine harvester. Bigger [...]
Agriculture,Design,Engineering consultancy,Lubrication Solutions,Transmission,
Engineering Competence

The power of speed

From its start in academia, Turbo Genset has become a main player in the fast-growing market for high-speed turbo generators. Justin Hall was a third [...]
Bearings,Condition monitoring,Design,Power Generation,
Engineering Competence

A passion for plastic

As usual, the Greeks had a word for it, long before plastics came to dominate modern life in the second half of the 20th century. The word was [...]
Maintenance,Reliability,Remanufacturing,