Engineering Competence

Innovation takes Shenyang Blower to the top

Technological innovation is at the core of the rapid development of Shenyang Blower Ventilation Co. Ltd. and its efforts in terms of saving energy [...]
Design,Thrust ball bearings,
Engineering Competence

SKF Explorer and SKF Energy Efficient bearings provide sustainable solutions

Reduce costs; improve machine performance; save our natural resources. It’s a tall order, but SKF has risen to the challenge with two [...]
Energy Efficient Bearing,Explorer bearings,
Engineering Competence

Lubrication and contamination effects on bearing life, part 2

Bearing life is influenced by many factors. Two of the most important are lubrication and contamination. Through a better understanding of the [...]
Engineering Competence

Nonstop crushing

Unscheduled stoppages can hit mine production hard. Portugal’s Somincor turned to SKF to keep its rock crushers running and facilitate [...]
Mining, extraction of oil and gas,Reliability,
Engineering Competence

Racing with the sun

A lens invented in 1822 helped propel a Dutch solar-powered car across the Australian outback in the World Solar Challenge held in October [...]
Cars,Research and theory,
Engineering Competence

SKF supplies bearings to Zytek’s hybrid-electric racing car

  Zytek Engineering has chosen SKF to supply customized and standard deep groove ball bearings for the electric motor generator unit and the [...]
Cars,Deep groove ball bearings,
Engineering Competence

Cooperation to develop future automotive energy-efficient solutions

  SKF and Ricardo have signed an agreement to develop energy-efficient solutions to better meet the increasing customer demands from the automotive [...]