Manufacturing

Low friction in Ukraine windmill

Ukraine has put into operation a vertical 450-kilowatt windmill for power generation. Located in Evpatoria, Crimea, and designed by Ukrainian company [...]
Bearings,Lubrication Solutions,Maintenance,Wind,
Manufacturing
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SKF Group gets environmental certification

The SKF group has received certification according to the ISO 14001 standard, the first major manufacturer of bearings to be approved for the [...]
Quality,Sustainability,
Manufacturing

A centre for turning

More assembly and less machining. That’s how Motch Corporation has changed the way it makes its machine tools.If there’s been one lesson that [...]
Machine Tools,Spindles,
Manufacturing
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Even hotter

Making aluminium foil is a hot business. The annealing of the concast aluminium block is critical to making the material soft enough to be rolled [...]
Bearings,Metals,
Manufacturing

Cold

When temperatures fall to around minus 50 degrees Celsius and stay there for weeks, lubrication of outdoor machinery gets tough. But this is [...]
Lubrication Services,Lubrication Solutions,Metals,
Manufacturing
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Small

The smallest bearing made by SKF is a deep groove ball bearing designated 623. It has a 3-millimetre bore and is produced at the SKF owned SBR plant [...]
Bearings,Medical and Health Care,Printing,
Manufacturing

No Volvo vibrations

Volvo in Skövde, Sweden, has developed a condition monitoring system together with SKF. The system is installed in the company’s plant for [...]
Condition monitoring,Integrated maintenance solutions,Machine Tools,Maintenance,Monitoring and diagnostic,Reliability,Simulation and software,