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Engineering Competence

Premature bearing failures in wind gearboxes and white etching cracks (WEC)

Wind turbine gearboxes are subjected to a wide variety of operating conditions, some of which may push the bearings beyond their limits. Damage may [...]
Bearing life,Cylindrical roller bearings,Electricity, gas and water supply,Maintenance,Reliability,Research and theory,Spherical roller bearings,Tapered roller bearings,Wind,
Industry

Homeward bound

Re-entry into the earth’s atmosphere is a dangerous phase of space flight. The European Space Agency’s IXV project is testing a new technological [...]
Aerospace,Design,Research and theory,
Engineering Competence

Academic partnership

Luleå University of Technology (LTU) in Luleå, Sweden, and SKF have established an SKF University Technology Centre focused on developing advanced [...]
Bearing units,Cars,Research and theory,
Industry

A dark mission

In the southernmost reach of earth, a telescope is helping scientists solve a great mystery of the cosmos.
Design,Engineering consultancy,Maintenance,Research and theory,Slewing bearings,
Engineering Competence

Golden opportunities

Avoiding bearing failure or avoiding ­reoccurrence may well be worth more than the weight of the bearing in gold.
Failure modes,Lubrication Solutions,Research and theory,Service,
Engineering Competence

Cooperation for creative changes

Strategic contracts between SKF and academia have created two University Technology Centres to promote research into critical areas of bearing [...]
Bearings,Lubrication Solutions,Other industry,Research and theory,Training,
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The Buckeye Bullet

At the Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats each year hundreds of vehicles of every description thunder across the vast plain in an effort to set a land [...]
Cars,Hybrid bearings,Plain bearings,Research and theory,