Reliability-as-a-Service for Proactive Assessment of Bearing Risk As an essential element of bearing service life, lubricant chemistry has a profound effect on the reliability of rotating equipment. To increase the reliability of these cru...
HeavyDuty rotary encoders from Baumer Hübner are the “original”. More than half a century ago, Baumer Hübner developed this type of particularly reliable and robust rotary encoders. Since then they have been used in all situations whe...
In March the colleagues at thyssenkrupp rothe erde reached a milestone in their production history: the manufacturing of the 1,000th multi-megawatt rotor bearing. We took a closer look at this component of wind turbines, which is so importa...
Spie GmbH are responsible for the repair, maintenance and refurbishment of machinery for a leading train manufacturer in Germany. They were faced with a difficult problem: an old DUO welding system was broken down more than it was in operat...
When a factory is in shutdown, sitting still shouldn’t be the first option 1 of 4 Injuries in sport are inevitable, but the greatest sporting comebacks haven’t been achieved by simply accepting the circumstances and waiting for recovery...
Author Cinthya Piannell RKB Bearing Industries – Department of Advanced Software Engineering With a business model based on a vertically integrated organization, which goes from the provisioning of raw materials up to the after sales ser...
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...