Manufacturing

River of steel

High-quality cold-rolled steel requires roller perfection, so that the finished product can go out to the world requiring no further treatment.
Bearing life,Bearings,Maintenance,Metals,
Manufacturing

NN Inc buys SKF component manufacturing

SKF and US-based NN Inc have signed a letter of intent by which SKF intends to sell its component-manufacturing operations in Veenendaal, the [...]
Bearings,Tapered roller bearings,
Manufacturing

Paper in the pink

A complex logistics system ensures that the pink paper that is distinctive to London’s Financial Times makes it from the Swedish mill where it is [...]
Condition monitoring,Pulp and paper,Reliability,Training,Transportation & logistics,
Manufacturing

Bold Design

Gardner Denver Oy of Finland is a major supplier of screw compressors and compressor components. A cornerstone of this business was laid more than [...]
Bearings,Lubrication Solutions,
Manufacturing

Checking the wind

The SKF WindCon system allows wind energy plant operators to monitor the behaviour of both off-shore and land-based plants to avoid major [...]
Condition monitoring,Maintenance,Monitoring and diagnostic,Wind,
Manufacturing

Proactive reliability transforms maintenance

There are profits to reap by moving from a replace-it-when-it-breaks approach to a proactive-reliability programme. But be prepared to change company [...]
Condition monitoring,Digitization,Maintenance,Monitoring and diagnostics,Reliability,
Manufacturing

Spanish turbines catch winds of change

Spain’s Ecotècnia has combined green ideals with technical know-how to create wind turbines that stand up to the challenges of Spain’s rocky terrain [...]
Bearings,Design,Reliability,Wind,