Mechanical Components Features

A life support system for bearings

A life support system for bearings

Bearings continue to fail prematurely - largely due to a lack of knowledge on the part of the user, or simple negligence. Look after your bearings and they will look after you, says Phil Burge.

Printing machines: the case for high precision bearings

Printing machines: the case for high precision bearings

Printing is an inherently precise process that places specific demands on the components that go into the construction of a modern printing machine. Steve Lacey outlines the factors to consider when specifying bearings for sheet-fed and web-fed printing machines.

Advanced bearings cut life costs of dry vacuum pumps

Advanced bearings cut life costs of dry vacuum pumps

Bearings are key components in dry vacuum pumps; their reliability and operating life have a significant effect on pump operating costs. Nick Dowding discusses how bearings can play a pivotal role in reducing whole life costs of these pumps.

Keeping the countryside quiet while generating clean energy

Keeping the countryside quiet while generating clean energy

Thanks to expertise garnered building space telescopes powerful enough to see exoplanets, large wind turbines are now generating clean power without making a racket.

Integrating absolute angular measurement into the bearing

Integrating absolute angular measurement into the bearing

Schaeffler has developed an angular measuring system suitable for direct-driven, highly dynamic, high precision rotary axes in machine tools. The system incorporates an inductive (absolute) angular measuring system integrated in a rotary table bearing.

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