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Factors in motorized spindle design

‘Utility supply units’ optimize motorized spindle performance.With motorised spindles – contrary to conventional spindles – a [...]
Machinery and equipment,Metal industry,Spindles,
Engineering Competence

Seal analysis pays

In today’s bearing systems, the seal is often the weakest link – the easiest point of exit for vital lubricants and the first point of attack for [...]
Design,Research and theory,Seals,
Engineering Competence

Maintenance-friendly designs

New oil injection reduces down time and improves safetyIntroduced in the 40s, the use of the oil injection method to make equipment [...]
Design,Lubricants,
Engineering Competence

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,

Auto-Balancing cuts vibration by half

Using an old and well-know principle, SKF has developed a compact Auto-Balancing Unit for the new Atlas Copco Turbo Grinder. The unit continuously [...]
Machinery and equipment,Maintenance,
Engineering Competence

Grease with a longer life

The steel industry is a major consumer of lubricating oil and grease. For many years the greases used have been to an extremely low specification. In [...]
Machinery and equipment,Metal industry,Research and theory,
Engineering Competence

Industrial gearbox design has come a long way

Gearbox design often involves conflicting requirements from the main components – housing, shafts, gears and bearings – and all influences on these [...]
Deep groove ball bearings,Design,Machinery and equipment,Simulation and software,

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