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SKF acquires Swedish service company

SKF has acquired Nåiden Teknik AB (NTAB), a leading mechanical condition-monitoring company in Sweden with an annual turnover of about 20 million [...]
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Novel application

SKF has developed a new wheel bearing arrangement for Michelin that allows air to be exchanged between a centralised compressor and a car’s four [...]
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Spindle system

Russell T. Gilman Inc, an SKF company, launched a new Mech-TronixTM motorised spindle system in May. The Mech-Tronix spindle can be outfitted with [...]
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New train concept

SKF has won a large railway contract for its new generation of axlebox bearing units from Siemens. The lightweight and compact bearings will be [...]
Axleboxes,Railways,Transportation & logistics,
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A backseat driver’s dream

Getting around. Going places. Going fast. Through the years, a trip has meant different things to different people.    An adventurer in the 19th [...]
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High-tech keeps mine competitive

While competitors get their iron ore from open cast mines, Swedish LKAB must mine its ore from deep within the earth. High-tech production is the key [...]
Condition monitoring,Mining, extraction of oil and gas,Reliability,Simulation and software,
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Technology with a heart

Exhaustion from brushing your teeth? That’s a reality for millions of patients with end-stage congestive heart failure. Now these patients have the [...]
Linear motion,Other industry,