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Blue Products in Food & Beverage

Steve Brooks at Acorn South West takes a look at a new product for the Food & Beverage industry

A powerful energy saving solution ideal for industrial fans, blowers and conveyors

SKF has introduced a new E2 Energy Efficient Spherical Roller Bearing. The new bearing, which significantly enhances energy efficiency by reduced bearing friction and energy consumption, is ideal for...

Detecting failure in railway bearings

Detecting failure in railway bearings is notoriously hard but innovations in equipment are making monitoring increasingly precise.

Ball Bearings in Watches

Ball bearings in watches make everything tick with unrivalled precision, making the time piece...timeless!

Thermoplastics in Engineering

Thermoplastics have a history of pioneering engineering and now they're starting to change the face of the ball bearing industry.

What Can A Hammer Mill Pulverise?

A hammer mill is a humble tool which performs a simple but essential task, and it can pulverise almost anything you can think of!

Comparing the maintenance of heavy equipment in rural and urban applications

Urban and rural environments are really different and they put different stresses on heavy equipment accordingly.

The Science Experiment Which Took Off Like A Rocket - Creating Space Ball Bearings

Original thinking brought a group of students from the 80s to send their stainless ball bearing experiment up into space in the early 2000s.

Bearings in Space: Curiosity Rover’s Mission to Mars

Without an assortment of high precision bearings, much of the moving equipment on the Mars rover 'Curiosity' wouldn't be possible. What roles do these parts play exactly in NASA's latest adventure to...

Ball Bearings that Keep the World Going Round

It's easy to forget just how useful the bearing is; bearing technology was invented by the ancient Egyptians and since then has permeated nearly every aspect of engineering.

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