Engineering Competence

Axlebridge designs for low-floor tramways

Low-floor tramcars and light rail vehicles offer easy entry for passengers into the vehicle. The Combino® modular tramcar made by Siemens is equipped [...]
Coupling systems,Design,Railways,Research and development,Transportation & logistics,
Engineering Competence

Electrical and fire-safe bearings for ventilator motors

Electrical motors for fan arrangements are increasingly used with power frequency converters for variable-air-volume ventilation systems or in fire [...]
Bearings,Electrical,
Engineering Competence

Smart Housing – the integrated sensor solution

Smart Housing is a way of integrating sensors into a housing to allow monitoring and control of critical bearing applications. It is a robust system [...]
Condition monitoring,Monitoring and diagnostics,
Engineering Competence

A solid foundation

Faced with a difficult domestic economy, Brazil’s Votorantim Group is moving into the global arena, expanding its base through acquisitions and joint [...]
Bearings,Maintenance,Metals,Reliability,
Engineering Competence

Helicopters in top flight

What started as an Italian family-run business in the early days of aeroplanes has become, through a series of partnerships, innovations and [...]
Aerospace,Bearings,
Engineering Competence
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Petrobras goes for predictive maintenance

SKF and Petróleo Brasileiro S/A – Petrobras – have signed a four-year contract by which SKF Reliability Systems will provide a predictive maintenance [...]
Condition monitoring,Maintenance,Marine,Monitoring and diagnostic,Reliability,
Engineering Competence

LGHP 2 bearing grease replaces LGHQ 3

Since SKF introduced its new high-temperature, high-performance bearing grease LGHP 2, the product has proved to offer such superior lubrication at [...]
Bearings,Lubrication Solutions,