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YCN Newsletter 27 - Industry in spot - Dr. Stefan Strobl
LESS FRICTION. MORE PROGRESS. SKF Hybrid ceramic bearings.
SKF was founded in 1907. We are represented in around 130 countries, with more than 38 000 employees and 17 000 distributor locations worldwide. Our products are found everywhere in society. In fact, wherever there is movement, SKF’s solutions may be used.
Dr. Stefan Strobl, Ceramics Technology Development at SKF who's a global supplier of bearings and solutions for rotating equipment performance. SKF Hybrid ceramic bearings do more than provide solution to a challenge. They are performance enablers. Integrating steel rings with silicon nitride (engineered ceramic) rolling elements, they not only address industry-specific challenges but also unlock new possibilities in performance and innovation. Learn more about Hybrid bearings.
The R&D facility in the Netherlands, aims to strengthen innovation, optimize processes, and support external customers with expertise. It encompasses strategic areas such as coatings, ceramics, polymers, steel & steel processing, tribology, prognostics and bearing life. Meet our inventors.
"SKF has invested in a full in-house powder-to-finished-product value chain in parallel with strategic suppliers and has developed larger production systems for this new bearing generation". Learn more about the ceramic revolution.
While ceramic grinding technology & innovation team is located next to SKF’s Headquarter in Gothenburg, Sweden, the heart of ceramic technology development, labs & production is sited in Steyr, Austria.
SKF is a member of the Austrian Ceramic Society (AuCerS) & therefore of ECerS. The SKF team is looking forward to meeting you at the next ECerS conference!
Together, we re-imagine rotation for a better tomorrow.
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