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No Volvo vibrations

Volvo in Skövde, Sweden, has developed a condition monitoring system together with SKF. The system is installed in the company's plant for [...]
Cars,Condition monitoring,Reliability,Simulation and software,
Engineering Competence

Slewing bearings break new ground

  Recent developments at SKF have been able to increase slewing bearing life by around 400% using software-based analysis.By their very nature, [...]
Other industry,Simulation and software,
Engineering Competence

Testing standards set for railway bearings

Reliability is a key word in railways operation. One way of ensuring the long-term reliability of Europe”s network is through rigorous testing [...]
Axleboxes,Railways,Simulation and software,Transportation & logistics,
Engineering Competence

Dynamic tests to evaluate hub bearing units

Dynamic testing of automotive hub bearing units contributes to an accurate prediction of the operating characteristics of individual designs.The SKF [...]
Cars,Hub units,Simulation and software,Transportation & logistics,
Engineering Competence

Evaluating hybrid bearings for general applications

Opportunities are now opening up for hybrid bearings – incorporating silicon nitride balls rather than steel ones – in general purpose machine [...]
Angular contact ball bearings,Deep groove ball bearings,Hybrid bearings,Simulation and software,
Engineering Competence

Damping in a rolling bearing arrangement

The operation of a rotating machine at critical speeds frequently causes a high level of mechanical vibration, noise and excessive wear. An important [...]
Angular contact ball bearings,Deep groove ball bearings,Simulation and software,
Engineering Competence

Finite method, infinite options

The Finite Element Method (FEM) is a well-established engineering technique in many areas of product design and design verification. Within SKF, it [...]
Cars,Design,Hub units,Simulation and software,