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Smart design

Crown Equipment Corp’s forklifts are not only tough, they’re stylish and smart.Does an industrial vehicle have to look stylish? After all, a forklift [...]
Industry,Other industry,Sensorised bearings,Transportation & logistics,
Engineering Competence

The Compact TBU, a new concept in axlebox bearing units

Design is the key to lower life-cycle cost. SKF engineers have taken this maxim to heart in developing the Compact Tapered Bearing Unit (Compact TBU) [...]
Axleboxes,Railways,Transportation & logistics,
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A sporting chance

SKF will be a major bearing supplier to Volvo’s new range of sport utility vehicles (SUVs) when the company begins production of the SUVs in early [...]
Cars,Hub units,Industry,Seals,Transportation & logistics,
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Auto diagnostics

Together with Infocar, a development company in Stockholm, SKF is developing software that will support repair garages with fault-finding and [...]
Cars,Industry,Other (special products),Transportation & logistics,
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High pressure and slow movement ideal for plain bearings

AMPEP self-lubricating plain bearings are ideal for applications where bearing pressures are high, movement is slow and maintenance is difficult or [...]
Aerospace,Industry,Plain bearings,Product,Railways,Transportation & logistics,
Engineering Competence

Drive-by-wire shows potential in future car design

Drive-by-wire systems are forecast to replace many of the traditional hydraulic and mechanical systems in vehicles. The Bertone-SKF Filo gives us a [...]
Cars,Hub units,Industry,Mechatronics,Product,Service,Simulation and software,Transportation & logistics,
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Moving the earth

Volvo’s A40D articulated hauler is a giant, built to carry an astonishing 37 tonnes of rock and gravel. But operators want minuscule maintenance [...]
Toroidal roller bearings,Transportation & logistics,Trucks and trailers,