All articles for "Bearings"

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The eye in the sky

Making specialist information available to the masses has always been the Google mantra. And now, with Google Earth, the free software that marries [...]
Aerospace,Bearings,
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Lift-off for China’s regional jet

In China, an advanced regional jet aircraft is under production. It will be the country’s first civil aircraft with complete proprietary intellectual [...]
Aerospace,Bearings,Design,Reliability,Seals,
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New generation TIH induction heaters

SKF began introducing a new generation of induction heaters with improved features and a more competitive price in November 2004. Developed with the [...]
Bearings,Condition monitoring,Maintenance,Monitoring and diagnostics,
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Using a friction model as an engineering tool

Understanding friction in rolling bearings helps save energy and optimize bearing performance. To that end, SKF has released a more advanced friction [...]
Bearings,Engineering tools,Lubrication Solutions,Seals,
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Putting the speed in Speedway

Imagine a motorbike that becomes stuck on the slightest hint of a sidewalk curb because the ground clearance is nearly non-existent. It is impossible [...]
Bearings,Motorbikes,Racing,
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At sea

No one knows when man first decided to venture out on an unpredictable sea, going so far away that there was no sight of land. Was it the search for [...]
Bearings,Engineering tools,Marine,
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Upward trend in aerospace

  In 2005, a strong increase in air traffic, coupled with a decline in the number of parked aircrafts, signalled that the downward trend in aerospace [...]
Aerospace,Bearings,