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Tom Johnstone Schooled Visitors at The Opening of The Skf's New Factory

Nov 18, 2013

Scottish born Tom Johnstone schooled visitors at the opening of the Swedish manufacturing giant SKF’s new factory last week. TORONTO - - Poor lubrication causes about 36 percent of all bearing failures. And, the Vancouver Whitecaps ...

Tags: Swede, SKF, solution, factory

Kaydon Custom Filtration Have Joined Forces to Form Kaydon Environmental Services Group.

Dec 19, 2012

Kaydon Custom Filtration, a leader in bulk oil and fuel purification and Purafil, Inc., a leader in gas phase and biological air filtration, have joined forces to form Kaydon Environmental Services Group. This consolidated group will be ...

Tags: Kaydon, Purafil, Filtration Group, Processing Machinery

MOSFIRE Can Gather Spectra at Near-Infrared Wavelengths

Dec 13, 2012

How do you collect data from stars thousands of light years away while positioning a 300-ton telescope to within a fraction of a human hair? You use a high-tech spectrometer called MOSFIRE, rotating on a Kaydon bearing. With MOSFIRE, ...

Tags: Bearing, telescope, instrument, Kaydon bearing

Corrosion Is The Natural Enemy of a Rolling Element Bearing

Dec 12, 2012

Richard Burgess Les Miller and David VanLangevelde, Kaydon Bearings Division Corrosion is the natural enemy of a rolling element bearing, and a sneaky enemy at that. When chemical reactions from moisture, vapors, and acids attack bearing ...

Tags: Bearing, Corrosion, rolling element bearing

Mars Mission Depends on Space-Saving Bearings

Dec 12, 2012

The Curiosity rover that landed on Mars on Aug. 6 features the largest, most advanced scientific payload of any Mars mission yet — and, as usual, Reali-Slim® thin section bearings. The 5 pairs of duplexed bearings from Kaydon ...

Tags: bearings, duplexed bearings, steering actuators, rover's wheels

Premature Failure Is a Common Fate for Large-Diameter Bearings in Heavy-Duty Applications

Dec 12, 2012

Premature failure is a common fate for large-diameter (e.g., 8 in. to 10 ft) bearings in heavy-duty applications where rotations are frequent. In big rotating equipment, such as cranes, excavators, and tunnel boring machines, a slewing ring ...

Tags: Bearings, Slewing Ring Bearings, Gear, rotating equipment, cranes

Kaydon's Booth Will Feature a 'Before-and-After' Display of Used, Worn Bearings

Sep 18, 2011

Kaydon's booth, #3442, will feature a 'before-and-after' display of used, worn bearings compared to repaired bearings, illustrating Kaydon’s remanufacturing capabilities. Kaydon repairs bearings as small as 10″ (25 cm) and as ...

Tags: Market View, Bearings