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Keep up-to-date on the latest product and company news, along with useful information for the maintenance, repair and overhaul industry.

SKF announces new DryLube Bearing

SKF announces the availability of the SKF DryLube Bearing, a new bearing featuring a specially engineered graphite based mixture which eliminates the need for grease re-lubrication in a wide range of...

Counterfeit Bearings - Read the facts about this growing problem

Counterfeit Bearings - Read the facts about the growing problem of bearing counterfeiting

SKF Y-Bearing Units Increase Productivity and Reduce Downtime in the Food and Beverage Industry

The food and beverage industry presents a tough and varied environment for bearings which have to deal with some major challenges such as coping with excessive moisture due to continual wash-downs, whilst...

SKF Linear motion, in conjunction with Acorn Industrial Services, provides fresh air for plant growers

Traditional commercial greenhouses, with either manually opened or remotely operated roof sections, and polytunnels with lift-up side panels, can make it difficult to control ideal growing conditions,...

Bearings for the Food and Beverage Industry

Food and drink production is one of the most successful of all UK manufacturing sectors and as the National Skill Council states it's even bucked the general trend of a decline in manufacturing output...

Gearboxes Explained

A Gearbox can be a gear or hydraulic based system that transfers mechanical power from an engine or motor to an output device which will perform the required function.

Ball Bearings in Space Exploration

Space shuttles, rockets, satellites all have a massive amount of internal and external components that shift and move to help them get into orbit and manoeuvre once they are in space.

Fenner Drives Announce New Eagle Premium Belting For Direct Food Contact

Fenner Drives, a leader in problem-solving power transmission and motion transfer components, has done it again with their new food safe Eagle EC belting

New BLUE Food Safe Sealant Now Available!

Acorn now offers a new BLUE food safe sealant specifically developed and approved for use in the food & beverage industry.RTV BLUE - produced by UK adhesives and sealants manufacturer BONDLOC - is an...

New Energy Efficient Double Row Angular Contact Ball Bearings now available

SKF has extended its range of E2 energy efficient bearings to include double row angular contact ball bearings (DRACBB). The double row angular contact ball bearing is used in applications such as pumps,...

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