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Hard life for shopping trolleys

A Canadian manufacturer aims to improve the durability of the prosaic buggy, and at the same time provide customers with a quiet trip through the [...]
Design,Other (roller bearings),Other industry,Transportation & logistics,
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A better way to convey

Throughout industry, conveyors are employed to do tough jobs under harsh conditions. One manufacturer, Precismeca, has found innovative ways to [...]
Deep groove ball bearings,Mining, extraction of oil and gas,Other industry,Seals,Transportation & logistics,
Engineering Competence

Sensorised bearings add power to control

One of the first industrial applications of the SKF sensorised bearing is electrical forklift truck drives. As part of the control system for an AC [...]
Deep groove ball bearings,Other industry,Sensorised bearings,Transportation & logistics,
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Heavy loads on CARBTM

By replacing the roller bearings that supported a heavy lift ring crane with CARBTM, the Dutch firm Huisman-Itrec eliminated fretting corrosion in [...]
Toroidal roller bearings,Transportation & logistics,
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Supply chain forges customer ties

It’s not what you do, it’s the way that you do it, say many of today’s leading business minds. This is particularly true when it comes to service and [...]
Other industry,Other services,Transportation & logistics,
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X-ray diffraction provides answers to bearing failures

The approach of combining two test regimens, “Testing under Service Conditions” and “Material Response Analysis,” can help designers shorten research [...]
Cars,Cylindrical roller bearings,Deep groove ball bearings,Design,Transportation & logistics,Trucks and trailers,
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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,