Rollon Delivers Smooth Operation for World’s Largest Online Retailers in Timken World
Rollon® telescopic rail systems help the world’s largest online retailers keep pace with consumer demand despite global labor shortages. Here’s how these automated warehouse solutions help deliver goods quickly to homes everywhere.
Growing Forward: Macrotrends Drive Timken R&D Investments in Timken World
From protecting the environment to improving factory efficiency, current global trends drive tomorrow’s technology. Timken research and development will solve new challenges that arise for this next generation of equipment — providing value for customers and other stakeholders.
Controlling Motion in the World’s Largest Warehouses in Timken World
Timken is customizing a new generation of magnetic encoders for autonomous guided vehicles (AGVs) used in the worlds’ most sophisticated warehouses. Here’s how these small, high-tech devices make a big impact on automated warehouse efficiency.
Timken Service Engineers Triage and Treat Costly Equipment Challenges in Timken World
Time is money in every industry, and interruptions don’t always happen during regular business hours. When customers have an emergency at 2 a.m., Timken service engineers leap into problem-solving mode—restoring uptime, limiting losses, and promoting safe operations.
Igniting the Spark in Future STEM Leaders in Timken World
Timken invests in STEM education for underrepresented students globally, collaborating with leaders like Darlene Walker, STEM engagement director at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. She shares how authentic STEM learning experiences create more diverse, knowledgeable and prepared problem solvers for the future.
Tailor-made: Rollon Customizes Cutting-edge Linear Motion Solutions in Timken World
With more than 75 percent of the company’s business driven by its ability to generate customized solutions, Rollon is an industry leader, renowned for tailoring linear motion products for complex applications in emerging markets. Fabrizio Gallone, senior application department manager, explains.
Sustainable Expertise: Tracking the Sun to Power the Earth in Timken World
New solar installations eclipsed new wind builds last year—a trend expected to continue through 2021 as the world transitions to more renewables. Cone Drive by Timken is the unequivocal leader in precision motion control solutions for solar tracker systems
Advanced Bearing System Analysis, Powered by Humans in Timken World
Timken’s Syber Bearing System Analysis platform helps application engineers work with customers to find the best bearing for any given power train system. Three engineers who know it inside-out discuss what makes the platform uniquely useful—and uniquely Timken.
Solar Power: Mohave Desert, California in Timken World
BrightSource Energy’s Ivanpah power plant turns the intense sunlight of the Mohave into electricity for 140,000 California homes. To optimize output, the team relies on Cone Drive gear sets to precisely position 173,000 heliostats.
Positioning Timken for Robotic Leadership in Timken World
Timken subsidiaries, Cone Drive and Rollon, are developing innovative solutions for industrial robotics, serving OEMs as well as industries such as automotive, rail and logistics.