Rollon 7th Axis Solutions: Enabling Sophisticated Robots to ‘Walk’
For many automated manufacturing facilities, six axes are no longer enough. The seventh axis gives robots greater range—enabling them to ‘walk’ across varying distances. Machine designers are increasingly integrating sophisticated Seventh Axis solutions from Rollon, a Timken company, into equipment that expertly produces everything from dishwashers to drivetrains. Here’s why.
A Bearing Worthy of the World’s Most Powerful Wind Turbine
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.
Solar Power: Mohave Desert, California
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.
Supporting the Largest-Ever Space Telescope
How did the first galaxies and stars form? What are the building blocks of the universe? When NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope launches in 2021, Timken technology will help the world see its amazing discoveries.
Photo credit: NASA/Chris Gunn
Timken Service Engineers Triage and Treat Costly Equipment Challenges
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.
The Sustainable Advantages of Groeneveld-BEKA’s Twin Line
Wilson Balbiani, of Groeneveld-BEKA Lubrication Systems by Timken, weighs in on how automatic lubrication products are making off-road construction and port equipment more environmentally sustainable.
Timken Global Scholars: Investing in the Future
The Timken Global Scholar program awards $540,000 each year to the children of Timken associates. We interviewed three of the 2019 winners. Amanda Beck (shown here) is the 2020 Henry Timken scholarship winner.
Making Wind Energy More Viable
Wind has become an increasingly viable energy source over the past decade. Timken innovation has played a significant role.
Partnering with Customers to Solve For NVH
As original equipment designers increase their focus on noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH), Timken’s analysis tools help identify the right bearing for each use case.
Timken Researchers Advance Ground-Breaking Work
Timken engineers Vikram Bedekar and Rohit Voothaluru talk about their research at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and the cutting-edge work they do every day.
Building the World’s Longest Railway Tunnel
The Gotthard Base Tunnel is the longest railway tunnel in the world. During its seven years of construction, Timken made sure the team never ran short of the 130 bearings required for each boring machine’s cutter face.
Positioning Timken for Robotic Leadership
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.