All articles for "Research and development"

Engineering Competence

Coating technologies and measurement methods

Coatings are utilized to improve bearing behaviour in terms of such things as corrosion resistance, wear resistance, poor lubrication conditions, [...]
Bearings,Design,Research and development,
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Polymer bearings to the rescue

Only one company responded when Belimed Technik called for help to solve a problem. The solution took the form of polymer bearings. The [...]
Bearings,Design,Medical and Health Care,Research and development,
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SKF solution for railway articulation joints

Low-floor mass transit vehicles offer easy entry for passengers. Modern articulated vehicle designs containing several body sections enable easy [...]
Bearings,Design,Integrated maintenance solutions,Railways,Research and development,
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A grip on energy efficiency

SKF has developed a new family of bearings that reduce energy consumption by at least 30 percent compared with standard ISO products. This new [...]
Energy and sustainability management,Linear motion,Research and development,
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Axial load carrying capacity

Demanding applications with larger size cylindrical roller bearings are the motivation behind studies on the dynamic axial load carrying capacity for [...]
Bearings,Design,Research and development,
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The SKF high-capacity cylindrical roller bearing

The ISO definition of a full complement bearing states that the bearing does not have a cage. When that definition was written, it was not [...]
Bearings,Research and development,
Engineering Competence

One for the record books

  At the break of dawn on Aug 22, 2006, Wing Commander Andy Green of the British Royal Air Force gently dropped his vehicle into first gear and [...]
Engineering consultancy,Research and development,