Engineering Competence
Bearings in a continuous caster operate under extreme, difficult and contaminated conditions, a typical application where bearing remanufacturing is applied.

Remanufacturing bearings

For many medium- to large-size bearings in a number of demanding industries, remanufacturing can offer considerable benefits, including lower [...]
Service,
Engineering Competence
Record-setting sealed bearing

Record-setting sealed bearing

SKF’s bearing factory in Gothenburg, Sweden, has produced the company’s largest sealed spherical roller bearing to date. The 241/900 spherical roller [...]
Mining, extraction of oil and gas,Spherical roller bearings,
Engineering Competence
A sugarcane harvester

Sweet success

Sugarcane cultivation is a pillar of the Brazilian economy. When harvester machine manufacturer heavyweight Case IH ran into trouble with one of its [...]
Food and beverages,Machinery and equipment,
Engineering Competence
Motorbike with GEM in-wheel electric motor

GEM in-wheel electric motors on the rise

In-wheel electric motors have been around since the late 1800s, but they have come into their own recently with advancements in electric motor [...]
Transportation & logistics,
Engineering Competence
Danica Kragic talks about ethical robots

Danica Kragic is on a mission to create ethical robots

Professor Danica Kragic is on a mission to create ethical robots that do the things we don’t want to do, can’t do or shouldn’t do. At the same time, [...]
Industry,Research and theory,
Engineering Competence
Meeting the climate challenges

Meeting the climate challenges

SKF’s climate target 2012–2016 has resulted in some impressive achievements and has helped to lay the foundation for the company’s ambitious new [...]
Electricity, gas and water supply,
Engineering Competence
Typical extended white etching crack network; large size spherical roller bearing.

White etching cracks

Bearings are critical machine components for carrying load and transmitting motion. The challenge of ever-increasing power density from modern [...]
Product,Research and theory,