All articles for "Transportation & logistics"

All set for a good life

Truck hub units have the potential to keep trucks on the road longer, with less downtime. Fleet operator Hare Express decided to try them out. With [...]
Seals,Transportation & logistics,Trucks and trailers,
Engineering Competence

Powerful car alternator bearing design

The ability to deliver greater power in a more compact form is what the auto industry is looking for in terms of current alternator design.The highly [...]
Cars,Deep groove ball bearings,Other industry,Research and theory,Seals,Transportation & logistics,

Mopeds built for you

Motorized two-wheelers are the vehicles of choice on India’s crowded roadways. Now, TVS Suzuki is ensuring that those two-wheelers come in an [...]
Deep groove ball bearings,Other industry,Transportation & logistics,

Wet jet power

Water-jet propulsion has come a long way since the 1950s when the first jet-powered boat worked to navigate a river at 9 miles per hour. Now jet [...]
Angular contact ball bearings,Other industry,Transportation & logistics,
Engineering Competence

Sensorised bearings add power to control

One of the first industrial applications of the SKF sensorised bearing is electrical forklift truck drives. As part of the control system for an AC [...]
Deep groove ball bearings,Other industry,Sensorised bearings,Transportation & logistics,

Heavy loads on CARB

By replacing the roller bearings that supported a heavy lift ring crane with CARBTM, the Dutch firm Huisman-Itrec eliminated fretting corrosion in [...]
Toroidal roller bearings,Transportation & logistics,

A better way to convey

Throughout industry, conveyors are employed to do tough jobs under harsh conditions. One manufacturer, Precismeca, has found innovative ways to [...]
Deep groove ball bearings,Mining, extraction of oil and gas,Other industry,Seals,Transportation & logistics,