| | | SKF steel-on-steel and steel-on-bronze rod ends are mainly used in these applications. They act as the link between the cylinder and its attachments. They are able to transmit high mechanical forces. Hydraulic cylinders (e.g. to DIN 24336) are often fitted with steel-on-steel rod ends with female thread (compressible) at one end and steel-on-steel rod ends with welding shank at the other. Such hydraulic cylinders are found in all types of construction equipment, agricultural machinery, lifting equipment and shutters, recycling depot industrial presses as well as other heavily loaded manoeuvering equipment. | | For pneumatic cylinders with working pressures up to approximately 1 MPa steel-on-bronze rod ends are mainly used as well as maintenance-free rod ends at the piston rod end and at the other end SKF rod ends with welding shank are employed. | | Speed is all-important when producing newspapers, not only in the printing but also in their transportation. The conveyor system from the printing press to the distribution point is therefore important if the newspapers are to come out on time. The endless conveyor chain is one such system. It consists of a multitude of links which together provide the flexibility required. In the example shown more than 1 000 SKF maintenance-free spherical plain bearings GEH 10 C are used. They have been in daily service without any maintenance whatsoever for many years now. | | |