All articles for "Metals"

Manufacturing

Plenty of power in stainless steel ingredient

Making ferrosilicon for steel alloys is a hot and heavy business. Norwegian smelter Elkem Salten uses both hearsay and advanced sensor systems to [...]
Bearings,Engineering consultancy,Maintenance products,Metals,Seals,
Engineering Competence

The doctor is in

Periodic check-ups with a doctor can extend the lives of machines as well as humans. The SKF Trouble-Free Operation concept (TFO), with its new SKF [...]
Bearing life,Bearings,Food and Beverage,Machine Tools,Maintenance,Metals,Pulp and paper,Reliability,Remanufacturing,
Engineering Competence

Front-page precision

Quality standards for printing machines are as demanding as those in the aerospace industry. Add speed, and you will understand what MAN Roland is [...]
Bearings,Metals,Printing,Research and development,
Manufacturing
Option 1

Even hotter

Making aluminium foil is a hot business. The annealing of the concast aluminium block is critical to making the material soft enough to be rolled [...]
Bearings,Metals,
Engineering Competence

Cold

When temperatures fall to around minus 50 degrees Celsius and stay there for weeks, lubrication of outdoor machinery gets tough. But this is [...]
Lubrication Services,Lubrication Solutions,Metals,
Industry

A world built of steel

Steel is the material of choice for a countless number of products. Here is the story of how steel became a key force in world devlopment.
Metals,Supply chain,
Industry

Ovako Steel invests for the future

Ovako Steel, a fully owned subsidiary of SKF, has built a new tube mill in Hofors, Sweden. Commissioned in May 1998, Tube Mill 6 is the most modern [...]
Metals,