NSK will use the forthcoming InnoTrans 2024 international trade fair for transport technology (Berlin, 24-27 September) to showcase how its innovation in bearings can help the European rail industry keep pace with growing consumer demands. Among the technologies on display at Booth 270 in Hall 20 will be the company’s latest bearing solutions for high-speed passenger trains.

European users of NSK’s class-leading linear guides can now take advantage of NSK’s new state-of-the-art cutting facility in the Netherlands.

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NSK is developing a world-first: a high-accuracy way of rapidly and accurately diagnosing the remaining life of lubricant grease. The company will provide the solution as a mobile app, enabling users to perform the on-site analysis of lubricant condition in bearings and linear motion systems. This innovative capability will reduce the need for grease inspection and replenishment costs, and help companies implement condition-based maintenance strategies. NSK’s is currently seeking customer input and feedback ahead of launching its new app.

NSK received three awards in 2023 for its progress in technical performance, ESG (environmental, social, governance) and employee diversity and inclusion.

As part of a drive to get robots into more and more workplaces, operating side-by-side with humans, a team of expert development engineers at global motion control specialist NSK have come up with a novel way to improve the mobility of collaborative robots (cobots): the NSK Active Caster. This innovative omnidirectional motorised drive unit, which is ready for use in a diverse range of cobot and service robot applications, could soon come to the assistance of countries facing ageing populations and labour shortages.

After years of research and development, NSK is revising the basic dynamic load rating of many bearings by up to double the equivalent rolling contact fatigue life (with no change in design or materials).

Located in Kunshan City, near Shanghai, a recent ground-breaking ceremony marked the start of construction. The development will further strengthen NSK’s presence in China and enhance its competitive edge.

When a major UK pet food producer wanted better machine utilisation with the aim of raising its OEE (overall equipment effectiveness) by 3 points, it decided to ask experts at bearing specialist NSK if they could evaluate processes and systems to help with this improvement goal.

Under the motto of ‘People, Products, Partnership’, NSK recently hosted the latest edition of its prestigious European Distributor Convention at the stunning coastal resort of Giardini Naxos in Sicily.