Keeping a university’s buildings up and running during regular times is no small feat, much less during an unforeseen campus shutdown. When the Covid19 pandemic closed the University of Virginia in spring 2020, a maintenance team responsi...
Author: Laura Alberelli RKB Bearing Industries – Advanced Software Engineering Unit For over seventy years, RKB group has been manufacturing rolling bearings for the heavy industry. Besides the high-tech profile of their products, the com...
Bearings are critical components of every machinery. They not just reduce friction but also support load, transmit power and maintain alignment and thus facilitating efficient operation of equipment. Global Bearing market is around $ 40 Bil...
Author: Thomas J Murphy C.Eng. SDT Ultrasound Solutions Ultrasound applications are diverse and yet many people “know” about it for one or two applications. “I knew it did air leaks but I did not know that you could do all this with i...
As big size rolling bearings are going to play an essential role in proper operation of complex machinery, their design and production call for wise quality-oriented decisions by the manufacturer, under pain of unexpected faults or, still w...
Global concern for the environment continues to drive developments in green technology and this is particularly notable in the increase in demand for electrical vehicles. As uptake of electric vehicles (EVs) increases, the EV battery indu...
I-care Predictive Maintenance department was called to help a chemical industry with a failure detection on its assets. Wi-care 240 installation on the motor and gearbox I-care experts had installed six Wi-care 240 modules with a central ga...
Quantification of surface defects on ball screw drives is the prerequisite for timely exchange of the component in operation and the basis of knowledge gain in case of failure. Frequently, wear is detected manually on the spindle or by indi...
NSK exhibited a number of technologies powered by its vision of Setting the Future in Motion at the 46th Tokyo Motor Show 2019. Our exhibits heralded technologies for the future—especially new methods of producing, transmitting and using...
Japanese long-established business Senju Metal Industry Co., Ltd. (SMIC) joins experience, precision and innovative spirit to produce high quality plain bearings with outstanding performance in a multitude of applications connected to the e...