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Helicopter application puts ceramic-coated spherical plain bearings through their paces

A spherical plain bearing that incorporates a ceramic-coated inner ring, used in helicopter main rotor applications, has undergone extensive testing [...]
Design,Industry,Other industry,Plain bearings,Product,Reliability,Service,
Engineering Competence

Where measurement and quality find a home

As a major engineering company, SKF relies on making sure that the products and services it provides live up to its own high expectations. [...]
Industry,Maintenance,Other industry,Other products and services,Product,Service,
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Rolls in the hot spot

Stahlwerke Bremen has reduced costs and has improved efficiency with the deployment of a new kind of roll for its continuous casting operation. [...]
Design,Metal industry,Toroidal roller bearings,
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A monster idea by Jeff Taylor

Ask people in the 20-something set in the United States if they know who Jeff Taylor is and they’ll say, “Isn’t he the head of Monster?” Chances are [...]
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A quest for quality

The Uralelectro electrical engineering plant in Mednogorsk is situated at the foot of the Ural mountains in Russia, but its products travel far and [...]
Other industry,Other products and services,Plain bearings,
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Flying high with Citroën

In international car rallying, it’s not all about driver skill. Reducing car weight and friction can make the difference between winning and [...]
Cars,Design,Other products and services,
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The great power

The only three companies in the world making wind turbines with a power output of around five megawatts are German, and REpower builds the biggest.
Condition monitoring,Design,Electricity, gas and water supply,Maintenance,Spherical roller bearings,Toroidal roller bearings,

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