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Engineering Competence

Development of traction motor bearings

New generations of traction motor bearing units have evolved to meet more exacting customer requirements.Cylindrical roller bearings remain at the [...]
Cylindrical roller bearings,Other industry,Railways,Traction motor bearing units,Transportation & logistics,
Engineering Competence

Evaluating hybrid bearings for general applications

Opportunities are now opening up for hybrid bearings – incorporating silicon nitride balls rather than steel ones – in general purpose machine [...]
Angular contact ball bearings,Deep groove ball bearings,Hybrid bearings,Simulation and software,
Engineering Competence

Damping in a rolling bearing arrangement

The operation of a rotating machine at critical speeds frequently causes a high level of mechanical vibration, noise and excessive wear. An important [...]
Angular contact ball bearings,Deep groove ball bearings,Simulation and software,
Engineering Competence

Finite method, infinite options

The Finite Element Method (FEM) is a well-established engineering technique in many areas of product design and design verification. Within SKF, it [...]
Cars,Design,Hub units,Simulation and software,
Engineering Competence

The maintenance-free universal joint

The universal joint for commercial vehicle propeller shafts is essentially a specially-designed grease-lubricated needle roller bearing. This new [...]
Other (roller bearings),Seals,Transportation & logistics,Trucks and trailers,
Engineering Competence

High-speed operation

Railway companies today demand modern equipment that is compact, easy to handle and contributes to a reduction in total life cycle cost.In response [...]
Axleboxes,Railways,Sensorised bearings,Tapered roller bearings,Transportation & logistics,
Engineering Competence

CARB – three bearings in one

Customer demands for a space saving and robust bearing with low friction, resulted in CARBTM, a new type of bearing, which permits both large axial [...]
Pulp and paper,Research and theory,Toroidal roller bearings,

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