NSK Research & Development Centres
NSK Global Research & Development Centres
NSK persues the same goal in all areas: Total Quality.
By continually investing in our state-of-the-art regional R & D Centres, we ensure customers can respond to the challenges in their business environment.
Bundled know-how
- 16 research centres worldwide
- 10 countries
- Approx. 2000 employees
European Technology Centre (ETC)
- Kielce, Poland
- Newark, UK
- Ratingen, Germany
5 key areas of activity
- New product design & development
- Detailed analysis of bearings & surrounding components
- Application-related testing
- Development with steel suppliers
- Technical support for customers, distributors & manufacturing operations
European Technology Centres (ETC) - Activities
- Product design and development: Design tools for the creation of rolling bearings.
- Analysis of bearings and surrounding components: Various analytical systems help understand bearings and their applications. These include finite element analysis (FEA) and enhanced computer simulations.
- Application testing: Extensive test equipment that can simulate applications such as wheel hubs, alternators, vacuum cleaners, machine tool spindles, transmissions, washing machines, and electric motors.
- Steel development: Laboratory facilities to assess bearing steel quality. Continuous development of new steels and treatments.
- Technical support for European customers, distributors, and manufacturing operations: Technical support through the use of state-of-the-art design tools, test equipment and laboratory facilities.
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