Prefer to watch the webinar? Here you go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLXX4kHNp5s The topic of today’s webinar is sliding versus rolling: the benefits of plastic linear bearings. We are going to discuss how to correctly implement plastic linear plain...
By Ina Hartmann The goal of reducing CO2 emissions has become a staple in many corporate strategies. This focus is needed, since recent extreme weather conditions point directly to the urgency of climate change....
By Lars Butenschon Are you unsure of whether plain bearings are really the better choice compared to their metallic counterparts? This post is intended to help you with this question. The technology at a...
By Stefan Niermann If you have kids, you might be familiar with this scenario: Your child might quickly scarf down some fries and then wipe their greasy fingers on their shirt. Annoying, right? Nobody...
By Mike Moalli Photo: “treadmill” by Jeff Blackler, licensed under CC BY 2.0 With the new year in full swing, many individuals are still sticking to (or putting off) their new year’s resolutions. A...
Photo: “Skid Steer at Work” by Puppy Paws Skid Steer, licensed under CC BY 2.0 Preventative maintenance: every skid steer operator’s favorite activity. Not really, some of them don’t even do it, and I don’t blame...
By Lars Butenschon “What temperatures can they handle?” is certainly one of the most frequent questions I have been asked at trade fairs. (Remember trade fairs? With handshakes and everything?) Often the topic of temperature...
By Shizu Yamaguchi Did you know that the data used to generate results from our service life calculator come from actual tests done in our 40,900-square-foot testing lab in Cologne, Germany? Or that you...
By Florian Schiller What is Skydrol? Used in aviation products for more than 40 years, Skydrol LD-4 is a hydraulic fluid manufactured by Eastman Chemical Company. Skydrol is made of a fire-resistant phosphate ester...
By Florian Schiller Frost, ice and snow collecting on critical surfaces of an aircraft can quickly compromise safety. Any amount of buildup impairs an aircraft’s aerodynamics and in the worst case, can cause stalling...