Engineering Competence

Providing a good foundation for machines

A recently formed SKF Alignment Competence Centre helps customers make proper alignment to prevent early machine failure.
Condition monitoring,Mechanical maintenance,Reliability,
Engineering Competence

Grease life in lubricated-for-life deep groove ball bearings

Advanced grease-life estimates for lubricated-for-life ball bearings can be made with a new diagram that includes operating temperature and grease [...]
Lubrication Solutions,Maintenance,Reliability,
Engineering Competence

On home soil

When American James Connolly won the triple-jump event in Athens on April 6, 1896, he became the first Olympic champion in more than 1,500 years. [...]
Transportation & logistics,
Engineering Competence

On the right track

Unplanned downtime was cut by half when Kodak partnered with SKF to improve the reliability of its Track Five sensitising machine.
Condition monitoring,Lubrication Solutions,Printing,Reliability,
Engineering Competence

High tech on the high seas

Forget cumbersome propeller shafts coupled to noisy vibrating diesels. The world’s biggest and most exclusive cruise  ship is propelled by an [...]
Condition monitoring,Maintenance,Reliability,
Engineering Competence

Better base control

Magnetic, a division of SKF Actuation Systems of SKF Linear Motion & Precision Technologies, has developed a new Basic Control Unit (BCU) that [...]
Linear motion,
Engineering Competence

Don’t stop the presses

Who says the printed daily newspaper is being replaced by the Internet? Not the management of the Kansas City Star, the local paper for Kansas City, [...]
Printing,