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Small is beautiful

Around the world, the automotive industry is taking a close look at the minicar concept, a concept that has long been Daihatsu’s mainstay.Daihatsu [...]
Cars,Hub units,Transportation & logistics,
Engineering Competence

Optimised bearings for locomotive transmissions

Modular design makes the new Adtranz Octeon locomotives flexible. SKF optimised the bearings for the integrated drive system.Electric locomotives are [...]
Cylindrical roller bearings,Deep groove ball bearings,Railways,Transportation & logistics,
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Reborn and Airborne

It had been more than half a century since a new Zeppelin flew over Friedrichshafen, Germany. So it was an important day when it finally happened [...]
Aerospace,Spherical roller bearings,Transportation & logistics,
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Sparrow takes off for the city

A new bird has been spotted in the automotive sky –the three-wheeled Sparrow. Hatched by Corbin-Pacific, Inc., in California, in the United [...]
Cars,Toroidal roller bearings,Transportation & logistics,
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Tilting towards the future

Part helicopter, part airplane, it will take off vertically yet be able to fly forward at high speed. The Bell 609 is the first tilt-rotor aircraft [...]
Aerospace,Other (roller bearings),Transportation & logistics,
Engineering Competence

Sealed bearings clean and cost efficient

Sealed spherical roller bearings can save space, money and the environment. These are attractive attributes in an increasingly competitive [...]
Metal industry,Railways,Seals,Spherical roller thrust bearings,Transportation & logistics,
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A part in every port

For ship operators, Norwegian Unitor is a one-stop shop for technical shipboard supplies. Each of its 8,500 standard products is tested for the [...]
Other industry,Transportation & logistics,