All articles for "Cars"

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Flexible solutions with angular contact ball bearings

The automotive industry is a major bearing user, a fact that is reflected in the extensive range of special bearings that have been designed to meet [...]
Bearings,Cars,Research and development,
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Dynamic tests to evaluate hub bearing units

Dynamic testing of automotive hub bearing units contributes to an accurate prediction of the operating characteristics of individual designs.The SKF [...]
Cars,Hub units,Testing and test center,
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Steering new course with sensors

Material flow within plants continues to be an important area for company rationalization. The euphoria over automation has given way to the [...]
Automation,Bearings,Cars,
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Finite method, infinite options

The Finite Element Method (FEM) is a well-established engineering technique in many areas of product design and design verification. Within SKF, it [...]
Cars,Design,Hub units,
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Centerless grinding of cam and crankshafts

The automotive industry benefits from new grinding technology.Traditionally, bearing journals (and diameters concentric to them) of cam and [...]
Cars,Engineering consultancy,Engineering tools,
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Series production of HBU 3 with ABS sensor

SKF has been producing hub bearing units for the automotive industry for almost 60 years.Following small improvements at the beginning, the trend to [...]
Bearings,Cars,Hub units,Integrated maintenance solutions,Mechatronics,Seals,
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Integrated sensor ball bearings

Integrating sensors into bearings reduces the overall number of parts. This, in turn, simplifies assembly and hence reduces weight, space [...]
Cars,Condition monitoring,Engineering tools,Hub units,Integrated maintenance solutions,Maintenance,