Manufacturing

A smooth break-up

Like a common pepper mill, rock crushers grind and wedge their way to pebbles the size of sugar cubes. For Finland’s Nordberg-Lokomo, this daunting [...]
Bearings,Mining and mineral processing,
Manufacturing

Shear mining power

A newly developed longwall shearer with increased supply voltage gives Polish coal mines a productivity boost. A group of Polish designers and [...]
Bearings,Design,Mining and mineral processing,Toroidal roller bearings,
Manufacturing

Service with a future

A long-term maintenance contract between a South African and a German company pushes the boundaries of out-sourcing arrangements. It’s a leap of [...]
Bearings,Mining and mineral processing,
Manufacturing

Harbour cranes give China a lift

A Shanghai manufacturer of port machinery helps China develop transports for its domestic shipping. But exports are also firmly in focus. The [...]
Bearings,Mining and mineral processing,
Manufacturing

Industrial intelligence

SKF Condition Monitoring equipment used by Iggesund Paperboard in Workington, U.K., has proved invaluable by providing advance warning of an imminent [...]
Artificial intelligence,Condition monitoring,Maintenance,Maintenance products,Monitoring and diagnostic,Pulp and paper,Reliability,
Manufacturing

High standard of steel

U.S. company Bethlehem Steel uses 228 cranes to keep the flow of materials moving through the manufacturing process at its Indiana facility. Perhaps [...]
Bearings,Design,Lubrication Solutions,Metals,
Manufacturing

Powerful architecture in Prague

Housed in a 1914 architectural classic, Štvanice Hydroelectric Power Plant blends history with high technology. Situated on the western tip of [...]
Bearings,Marine,Mechanical maintenance,