Across the heavens
mtex antenna technology, a small company based in Germany, has been chosen to produce key components for a project that will combine hundreds of radio telescopes into the largest and most ambitious...
View ArticleA safe place to innovate
As chief technology officer and senior vice president, technology development, Annika Ölme is responsible for the SKF Group’s global research, technology development, product development and...
View ArticleCondition Monitoring with AI at Your Elbow
Karl Löwenmark, PhD student at Luleå University of Technology, begun his PhD project in 2020. Advanced condition monitoring technology has changed the way industrial companies manage and maintain...
View ArticleBoosting wind power with SKF condition monitoring
Rusmir Bajric, Lead Expert CMS at RWE, explains how the partnership with SKF is one of continual improvments. Wind power is on the rise and is an increasingly important part of the energy mix. In...
View ArticleLubricating Greases: Unravelling the Mysteries of Their Remarkable Behaviour
The history of lubricating greases dates back more than 3,000 years, when ancient civilizations used materials such as mutton and beef fat as primitive axle greases. The modern era of grease...
View ArticleThe next jet set
Electric aviation is taking off. Around the world, startups and established aerospace companies are pouring billions of dollars into entirely new categories of aircraft. Their technical concepts and...
View ArticleFrom theory to practice
Why do machines fail? It’s a fundamental question that has fascinated Guillermo Morales throughout a career that has taken him halfway around the world, to the highest levels of technical research and...
View ArticleSKF tribological black oxide coatings for improved energy efficiency of...
In a recent SKF study [1], three kinds of SKF conversion layers – zinc-calcium phosphate (ZnCaPh), manganese phosphate (MnPh) and SKF Tribological Black Oxide (TBO) were compared in terms of friction...
View ArticleThe Ceramic Revolution
At the heart of this journey are hybrid bearings, which combine advanced ceramic materials with traditional steel components to deliver unmatched performance for high demand applications. Charlotte...
View ArticleBearing solution enhances life of compression baler
Since 1993, Flexus Balasystem has manufactured some 220 balers at the factory in Nossebro, Sweden. Swedish company Flexus Balasystem is working with SKF on a bearing solution for its compression baler...
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