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Engineering Competence

Added safety for today’s railway industry

A new bogie monitoring system helps increase railway reliability and safety and at the same time lowers life cycle costs.
Axleboxes,Condition monitoring,Mechatronics,Railways,Reliability,Sensorised bearings,Transportation & logistics,
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It’s all snow biz

Leitner SpA, situated in the Italian Alps in Vipiteno, South Tyrol, is the Italian headquarters of the Leitner Group of companies. The company [...]
Other industry,Transportation & logistics,
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Control is everything

In the aeronautical industry, development is constant and safety issues are always a top priority. In flight control, mechanical and hydraulic [...]
Aerospace,Other industry,Plain bearings,Transportation & logistics,
Engineering Competence

Lubrication of bearings at low temperatures

In low-temperature conditions, lubrication media must be carefully selected, taking into account the whole range of temperatures over which machinery [...]
Lubricants,Railways,Transportation & logistics,
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India’s own, on the road

A car made exclusively in India has captured the hearts of motorists from Mumbai to Calcutta. Offering high quality at an affordable price, the [...]
Cars,Hub units,Tapered roller bearings,Transportation & logistics,
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Railway bearings pass new test

SKF’s railway axlebox with cylindrical roller bearings was the first to pass the 25-tonne test under the new standard EN 12082 (European Norm). The [...]
Axleboxes,Cylindrical roller bearings,Railways,Transportation & logistics,
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Order for Airbus components

SARMA, a French subsidiary of SKF, has won a contract from Aerospatiale-Matra Airbus to supply airframe bearings and metallic and composite [...]
Aerospace,Other products and services,Transportation & logistics,