All articles for "Transportation & logistics"

Bumper-to-bumper bearings

Jaguar’s new X-Type is a study in performance and technological innovation. The four-door, all-wheel-drive sports sedan, now available, is equipped [...]
Cars,Hub units,Other products and services,Sensorised bearings,Transportation & logistics,

Moving the earth

Volvo’s A40D articulated hauler is a giant, built to carry an astonishing 37 tons of rock and gravel. But operators want minuscule maintenance [...]
Toroidal roller bearings,Transportation & logistics,Trucks and trailers,

Clean cars, tidy profits

A car wash is a high-tech piece of machinery. It automatically cleans your car without a scratch, and the most elaborate ones report the job via GSM [...]
Aerospace,Linear motion,Other industry,Transportation & logistics,

New train concept

SKF has won a large railway contract for its new generation of axlebox bearing units from Siemens. The lightweight and compact bearings will be [...]
Axleboxes,Railways,Transportation & logistics,

Bearings and seals for Ford’s new Mondeo

Virtually all the major mechanical systems on Ford’s new Mondeo are equipped with either bearings or seals or both from the SKF Group. Over the [...]
Bearing housings,Cars,Lubricants,Spherical roller bearings,Transportation & logistics,

By-wire technology in new concept car

A new concept car, developed by SKF and BERTONE, was unveiled at this year’s Geneva Motor Show. The car, called FILO – Italian for wire – contains [...]
Cars,Mechatronics,Transportation & logistics,
Engineering Competence

Added safety for today’s railway industry

A new bogie monitoring system helps increase railway reliability and safety and at the same time lowers life cycle costs.
Axleboxes,Condition monitoring,Mechatronics,Railways,Reliability,Sensorised bearings,Transportation & logistics,