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Tilting toward the future

Part helicopter, part airplane, it will take off vertically yet be able to fly forward at high speed. The Bell 609 is the first tilt-rotor aircraft [...]
Aerospace,Other (roller bearings),Transportation & logistics,
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,

Rods and bearings in space

Bearing applications can sometimes be out of this world. Take the European space program Ariane. Sarma, a speciality products division of SKF based [...]
Aerospace,Transportation & logistics,

Amory B. LovinsHypercar – more than just hype

Sipping a cup of milky tea in a quiet corner of a hotel breakfast room, bespectacled and unassuming, Amory B. Lovins hardly looks like a man about to [...]
Cars,Transportation & logistics,

Fiat prize for SKF

SKF has received a “Qualitas” Fiat Quality Prize for 1997. Fiat has been presenting “Qualitas” awards to its top suppliers for more than 70 [...]
Cars,Transportation & logistics,

Insulation combats current

Passage of current can cause lasting damage to raceways and bearing rings within a relatively short period of time. This problem led to the [...]
Railways,Transmission products,Transportation & logistics,

Koç keeps Turkey rolling

Road transports have a long history in Turkey. From the first century to the 14th, roads in this region formed the western leg of the important Silk [...]
Cars,Transportation & logistics,