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Engineering Competence

Sealed bearings clean and cost efficient

Sealed spherical roller bearings can save space, money and the environment. These are attractive attributes in an increasingly competitive [...]
Metal industry,Railways,Seals,Spherical roller thrust bearings,Transportation & logistics,
Engineering Competence

Ceramics stand up to harsh realities

Ceramic materials offer the ability to solve bearing-related problems previously insoluble using conventional materials.Ceramic materials are hard [...]
Hybrid bearings,Research and theory,
Engineering Competence

Polymers enhance railway axlebox bearings

Significantly improved performance can be achieved through the use of polymer cages for roller bearings in railway axlebox applications.Optimised [...]
Axleboxes,Cylindrical roller bearings,Hybrid bearings,Railways,Tapered roller bearings,Transportation & logistics,
Engineering Competence

Innovation is the key

Identifying and nurturing promising ideas as they grow into new products and business opportunities is an important part of the SKF corporate [...]
Engineering Competence

Hard coating for heavy bearing duty

Diamond-like carbon coatings combine hardness with low friction, thus helping to eliminate wear and increase bearing service life.Hardness combined [...]
Cylindrical roller bearings,Other (roller bearings),Other industry,
Engineering Competence

Breath of fresh air for automobile air conditioners

Customer demand has led to the development of a range of double row angular contact ball bearings for clutches in automobile air-conditioning [...]
Angular contact ball bearings,Cars,Trucks and trailers,
Engineering Competence

At the boundary between lubrication and wear (part two)

The first part of this article was published in Evolution 2/98. This is the second and last part.For more than 100 years, researchers have looked at [...]
Lubricants,Research and theory,

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