NSK leverages the competencies of its worldwide manufacturing facilities to bring products closer to the company’s local customer base and reduce lead times. A case in point is NH/NS series linear guides, which are produced at NSK’s UK plant in Newark. As well as stocking standard units, (more...)

SKF and the University of Twente which have collaborated for over 30 years have launched a dedicated SKF University Technology Centre (UTC) for grease lubrication in rolling bearings. “Around 80% of industrial bearings are grease-lubricated,” says Professor Piet Lugt, SKF’s (more...)

This year marks the 75th anniversary of Schaeffler’s plain bearings: Helmut Elges founded “Mechanische Werkstätten Helmut Elges GmbH” in Bielefeld on August 1, 1945. The company began focusing on spherical plain bearings and plain bushes early on, and was responsible for (more...)

Igus plain bearings have helped Team Sonnenwagen win sixth place in the World Solar Challenge 2020. The team, made up of a group of students in Germany, approached igus, requesting lightweight, wear-resistant, and lubrication-free iglidur plain bearing technology made of durable tribo-polymers. (more...)

A recycling plant that was experiencing regular failures of mounted bearings on the conveyor of an optical sorting machine is enjoying major gains following the switch to NSK SNN series plummer blocks fitted with NSKHPS spherical roller bearings. Thanks to the reduction in replacement bearing costs, (more...)

Total Lubricants in UK, which is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its blending plant in August, has unveiled plans to invest in developing and expanding the site at Ferrybridge in West Yorkshire. The development plan includes the purchase of four acres of land adjacent to the plant, which will (more...)

As the new season of the German Touring Car Masters (DTM) gets underway at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium, global automotive and industrial supplier Schaeffler is using the racing series to test technology under extreme conditions and to ensure it is ready for production. “The optimisation of (more...)

Sparrows Group has enhanced its position in the US industrial market after securing a key distributor agreement with SKF, one of the world’s largest lubrication system, bearing and seal specialists. As part of the agreement, Sparrows will supply and install lubrication systems as well as (more...)

Since 2015, SKF has decreased its manufacturing carbon footprint by 36% and is already operating two carbon neutral factories. Now SKF has announced its aim to achieve a fully carbon neutral manufacturing footprint by 2030. The 2030 target will cover SKF’s own manufacturing operations, i.e. (more...)

When it comes to selecting wear resistant tribo-polymers, the user is spoilt for choice at Igus. To find the right iglidur material for the appropriate application, Igus has now developed a new compact analogue configurator for 39 standard iglidur materials. Using overlay cards, the user can (more...)