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Mopeds built for you

Motorised two-wheelers are the vehicles of choice on India’s crowded roadways. Now, TVS Suzuki is ensuring that those two-wheelers come in an [...]
Deep groove ball bearings,Other industry,Transportation & logistics,
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Wet jet power

Water-jet propulsion has come a long way since the 1950s when the first jet-powered boat worked to navigate a river at 15 kilometres per hour. Now [...]
Angular contact ball bearings,Other industry,Transportation & logistics,
Engineering Competence

The magic of roundness

Tiny deviations in the roundness of bearing elements can have an impact on bearing quality.Periodic form deviations in the range of an angstrom [...]
Angular contact ball bearings,Research and theory,
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We all scream for ice cream

To many, a great dinner would not be complete without ice cream for dessert. The dictionary defines ice cream as a “smooth, sweet, cold food prepared [...]
Angular contact ball bearings,Deep groove ball bearings,Food and beverages,
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SKF gets Ukraine bearing plant

SKF has acquired a majority holding in Lutsk Bearing Plant, one of the largest bearing manufacturing companies in Ukraine.       “Central and eastern [...]
Other (roller bearings),Tapered roller bearings,
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Gold in tribology

The 1997 Tribology Gold Medal has been awarded to Bo Jacobson, professor of machine elements at Lund Institute of Technology, Sweden. Jacobson was [...]
Research and theory,
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Proper fitting, fewer failures

After examining thousands of failed bearings over a period of years, SKF has concluded that 16 percent of all bearing failures can be attributed to [...]
Condition monitoring,Reliability,

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