All articles for "Reliability"

Changing the Limits

A new oil platform in Norway is the capstone of a project that sets new records in sub-sea engineering. Oil platforms are among the world’s most [...]
Chemicals, fuel and petroleum products,Condition monitoring,Reliability,
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Helicopter application puts ceramic-coated spherical plain bearings through their paces

A spherical plain bearing that incorporates a ceramic-coated inner ring, used in helicopter main rotor applications, has undergone extensive testing [...]
Design,Industry,Other industry,Plain bearings,Product,Reliability,Service,
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Keep rolling

A well-known brand in China’s paper industry is blazing a trail in the country by improving efficiency in the face of challenges.  A total of 96.6 [...]
Condition monitoring,Linear motion,Pulp and paper,Reliability,
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A concrete cooperation

Skyscrapers, bridges, roads and dams are all made of concrete, the world’s most widely used building material. Cement is its key ingredient, and [...]
Lubricants,Other industry,Reliability,Toroidal roller bearings,

Pass the paper – not the lubricant

Increased workplace safety and fewer production stops are important benefits of a new, improved design for the rope sheave units used in paper [...]
Design,Lubricants,Other products and services,Pulp and paper,Reliability,

A passion for plastic

As usual, the Greeks had a word for it, long before plastics came to dominate modern life in the second half of the 20th century. The word was [...]
Chemicals, fuel and petroleum products,Maintenance,Reliability,Thrust ball bearings,

Grease life in lubricated-for-life deep groove ball bearings

Advanced grease-life estimates for lubricated-for-life ball bearings can be made with a new diagram that includes operating temperature and grease [...]
Deep groove ball bearings,Lubricants,Other industry,Reliability,