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Product News

New axlebox design for the railway freight mar‍ket

SKF has developed a new design for axleboxes to help customers reduce weight and improve the performance of bogies while reducing the environmental [...]

Axleboxes,Railways,

Product News

More power from smaller motors

A new high-performance two-piece polymer cage pushes SKF’s Hybrid deep groove ball bearing into new limits and gives more flexibility in the design [...]

Deep groove ball bearings,Hybrid bearings,Railways,

Sustainability

Bearing remanufacturing cuts costs and CO₂

Bearing remanufacturing plays an essential role in the global railway industry. The benefits are many, including shorter stops, faster overhaul [...]

Bearings,Circular economy,Digitization,Maintenance,Railways,Remanufacturing services,Sustainability,

Digital Technology

Testing towards more effective maintenance of Sydney’s railway

Responsible for maintaining the bulk of Sydney’s passenger rail fleet, engineering business Downer Rail & Transit Systems has recently been [...]

Bearing life,Digital Technology,Railways,

Industry

Dutch railway bridge gets a lift from new bearings

A railway bridge in the Netherlands needed new bearings on a number of wheels in the lifting mechanism in order to meet railway safety requirements. [...]

Railways,Seals,Spherical roller bearings,

Digital Technology

Putting condition monitoring firmly on the rails

Britain’s largest train operator, Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), has installed a condition monitoring system developed by SKF to help avoid [...]

Condition monitoring,Railways,Reliability,

SKF Rolling Knowledge webinars

Maintenance interval extension for railway wheel-set bearings

Depending on railway gauge, wheel diameter and axle load, wheelsets can have different arrangements and designs. As these systems are critical for [...]

Bearings,Maintenance,Railways,SKFstronger,

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