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A bearing on aerospace

SKF acquired 75 percent of NSK Aerospace of Stonehouse, England, and will change the company’s name to Aeroengine Bearings UK. The intention is to [...]
Aerospace,Other products and services,Transportation & logistics,
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Service enhancement

In early 2002, SKF acquired Erin Engineering and Research Inc of Walnut Creek, California. The company provides maintenance engineering to the power [...]
Condition monitoring,Maintenance,
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Checking the wind

The SKF WindCon system allows wind energy plant operators to monitor the behaviour of both off-shore and land-based plants to avoid major [...]
Condition monitoring,Electricity, gas and water supply,Maintenance,
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A partnership not to brake

Australia’s Pacifica group has signed a joint development agreement with SKF to develop parking brake-by-wire systems for passenger cars.    Pacifica [...]
Cars,Mechatronics,Transportation & logistics,
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GM concept car gets drive-by-wire technology

General Motors has chosen drive-by-wire technology from SKF for use in its futuristic concept vehicle AUTOnomy, which combines fuel cells with [...]
Cars,Mechatronics,Transportation & logistics,
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Spanish Gamesa chooses SKF

Gamesa, a Spanish wind turbine manufacturer, has chosen SKF as a main bearings supplier. Gamesa is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of wind [...]
Other industry,Spherical roller bearings,
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Twist and Turn

“The twist” was a rock ‘n’ roll dance phenomenon that swept the world in the 1950s and still lives on in some places. This movement is no longer [...]
Industry,Other industry,Other products and services,