Engineering Competence

Explorer – a new generation of spherical roller bearings

Explorer is a new performance class for standard spherical roller bearings that makes it possible to raise power density significantly. It also opens [...]
Seals,Spherical roller bearings,
Engineering Competence

Pure steel challenges measuring methods

Standard steel processes have improved so much in recent years that they are able to produce bearing steel qualities that now require better [...]
Metal industry,Research and theory,
Engineering Competence

More than a catalogue

The Interactive Engineering Catalogue from SKF, available on CD-ROM and online on the Internet, offers a number of advantages over print [...]
Engineering Competence

Bearings for vibrating machinery

Vibrating machines represent some of the most challenging applications for bearings. Spherical roller bearings for vibrating applications offer [...]
Other industry,Spherical roller bearings,
Engineering Competence

Bearings that heal themselves

The VU091 bearing is a new SKF-patented bearing design that has a built-in capability to reduce wear and fatigue-promoting stress concentrations on [...]
Angular contact ball bearings,Deep groove ball bearings,Machinery and equipment,Toroidal roller bearings,
Engineering Competence

Optimised bearings for locomotive transmissions

Modular design makes the new Adtranz Octeon locomotives flexible. SKF optimised the bearings for the integrated drive system.Electric locomotives are [...]
Cylindrical roller bearings,Deep groove ball bearings,Railways,Transportation & logistics,
Engineering Competence

New methods to predict dimensional stability

The effects of heat treatment on a bearing can now be predicted accurately for years to come, thanks to a technique that takes a new look at the use [...]
Metal industry,Research and theory,