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Industry

Solution for subsea gas compression

SKF has supplied magnetic bearings for use in the world’s first subsea gas compression system at the Statoil-operated Åsgard gas field off the [...]
Bearings,Electricity,Monitoring and diagnostic,Reliability,
Industry

Down-to-earth wind power

The growing popularity of wind power to produce electricity with a low carbon footprint has led to the installation of wind turbines that are bigger [...]
Bearings,Electricity,Reliability,Wind,
Engineering Competence

Bearings for North American and Brazilian wind industries

US-based Kaydon, part of the SKF Group, has secured a long-term agreement to supply slewing ring bearings to a major wind turbine manufacturer that [...]
Electricity,Wind,
Industry

A steady flow

The Swedish state-owned company Vattenfall is one of Europe’s largest electricity producers, with operations in the Nordic countries, Germany, France [...]
Condition monitoring,Electricity,Maintenance,Monitoring and diagnostic,Reliability,Sustainability,
Engineering Competence

Magnetic bearings boost turboexpander performance

SKF has signed a major contract to supply SKF S2M Ae magnetic bearings to Ukrainian turboexpander manufacturer Turbogaz. Nine sets, incorporating a [...]
Design,Electricity,Power Generation,
Engineering Competence

Harnessing the sea

Clean, green and almost limitless – the attributes of wave and tidal energy are extremely attractive to 21st century consumers. Now the hard work [...]
Bearings,Condition monitoring,Electricity,Lubrication Solutions,Marine,
Industry

Strategic partnerships

A range of new partnerships signed with global manufacturers will see more SKF products used in a wider range of wind turbines, helicopter engines [...]
Aerospace,Bearing units,Cars,Electricity,Engineering consultancy,Hub units,