Engineering Competence

Capturing lost energy

Volvo Car Corporation is exploring the potential for using Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS) technology in its passenger vehicles. A recent pilot [...]
Cars,Chemicals, fuel and petroleum products,Machinery and equipment,Other products and services,Research and theory,
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Harnessing the sea

Clean, green and almost limitless – the attributes of wave and tidal energy are extremely attractive to 21st century consumers. Now the hard work [...]
Bearing units,Condition monitoring,Design,Electricity, gas and water supply,Lubricants,Machinery and equipment,Reliability,Seals,
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U.S.-based Kaydon now part of the SKF Group

SKF will be better able to serve customers in the United States and a range of other markets, following the acquisition of the U.S.-based industrial [...]
Online services,Other industry,
Engineering Competence

Why the world revolves thanks to tribology

SKF’s sponsorship of the Fifth World Tribology Congress (WTC), held in Turin, Italy, reflects the importance of this science to the world of bearings [...]
Lubricants,Machinery and equipment,Maintenance,Reliability,Research and theory,Roller bearings,
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SKF scientists awarded

Staff members from SKF’s Engineering & Research Centre in Nieuwegein, the Netherlands, have won a range of excellence awards. In July 2013, Erik [...]
Chemicals, fuel and petroleum products,Lubricants,Machinery and equipment,Mining, extraction of oil and gas,Other services,Roller bearings,
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THE PURSUIT OF PURITY

Wine, clean water and oil are among the many commodities whose production requires the removal of solids from liquids. Alfa Laval’s decanter [...]
Cylindrical roller bearings,Deep groove ball bearings,Design,Food and beverages,Lubricants,Machinery and equipment,Maintenance,Other industry,Reliability,Roller bearings,
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20 years of evolution

Since it was first launched 20 years ago, Evolution magazine has taken its readers to some extraordinary places. The first issue in 1994 looked at [...]
Aerospace,Machinery and equipment,Other industry,Other products and services,Pulp and paper,