Expertise

Timken® landing wheel bearings enable safe takeoffs and landings for nearly every commercial jet globally. When COVID-19 grounded most of the world’s fleet, the industry was charged with keeping planes airworthy, without flying.

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

Mike Kotzalas is known in the industry for co-authoring “the book on bearings,” among many other outstanding accomplishments. Empowering his team to go out and solve customer problems, however—that’s what really makes him proud. In a recent interview, we talked to him about his strategy to develop the next generation of bearing experts.

Timken Ploiesti’s Engineering Center of Excellence maintains fluid communication from the customer to the manufacturing plant and back—which is how you build some of the largest bearings in the world, for some of the largest wind turbines ever.

As original equipment designers increase their focus on noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH), Timken’s analysis tools help identify the exact bearing necessary for each use case.

As manufacturers look to reduce friction at every point in electric vehicle designs, Timken customers are gaining the ability to optimize lubricant-bearing combinations.

Wind has become an increasingly viable energy source over the past decade. Timken innovation has played a significant role.

Timken develops solutions for some of the world’s largest wind turbines.