BEARINGS: SKF has launched the SKF Axletronic bearing temperature monitoring system, designed to be easy to install on new or existing locomotives, multiple-units and metro cars.
It transmits condition data via CAN bus, offering continuous temperature monitoring and analysis with adaptive alarm levels. Flash memory is used for event recording and data buffering.
RUSSIA: SKF has opened a railway axlebox bearing test facility at its Tver factory which it says is the first to be certified under new Russian safety norms. The Tver factory was opened in 2010 to produce sealed and pre-lubricated compact tapered bearing units for Russian and international customers. ...
RUSSIA: A factory to produce sealed pre-lubricated compact tapered bearing units for Russian and export customers was opened in Tver on July 8. SKF is investing SKr235m in the plant, which at full capacity could employ 100 people producing up to 150 000 bearing units a year. SKF said the ...
GREENBRIER: On April 7 The Greenbrier Companies announced that it had acquired Roller Bearing Industries Inc from SKF USA. The supplier of reconditioned wheelset roller bearings employs around 50 people in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. 'This acquisition is an excellent fit with our current operations. It enables us to increase our vertical ...
