Schaeffler technology helps point out potential trouble at an early stage and avoid high consequential costs. Here’s a case in point from the field.

When precision meets performance, new standards in winter sports can be attained. The Motion Technology Company Schaeffler is now supporting the German Ski Association as a strategic technology partner.

At IAA Mobility, the Motion Technology Company is showcasing pioneering solutions across key mobility topics: electrified powertrains, intelligent chassis systems, and software-based vehicle systems.

Motion technology company Schaeffler is focused on innovative technologies that make products more efficient, sustainable, and safer. Each product is assigned to one of a total of eight product families. An overview.

In times of rapid technological developments and constantly changing customer needs the ability to innovate is a key competitive factor. But where do good ideas for new products come from? And what role do megatrends play in that regard?

More powerful, less material costs, and better for the climate: Schaeffler plans to reduce the use of rare earth elements in its electric drive systems by means of externally excited synchronous machines. Read here what’s behind that plan.

Excavators, cranes, and wheel loaders are indispensable at construction sites but their energy consumption poses a problem. That raises the question of how construction machinery can become more sustainable. bauma provided answers.

The new Technology Center provides Schaeffler with a state-of-the-art knowledge lab for material-based products. What kind of tech highlights does the facility contain, what kind of research is performed there, and what do customers value?

As temperatures start rising many bicycle enthusiasts wake up from hibernation. While they were giving their bikes a break others continued refining the future of the electric bicycle: the completely chainless Free Drive system from Schaeffler.

In increasingly resource-conscious industrial settings a lot revolves around energy efficiency in factory halls as well. How can significant potential savings be achieved? The motion technology company Schaeffler has come up with an idea.

Why parasitic currents can paralyze trains and what roller bearings have to do with it: read all about it here.

Schaeffler has opened a cutting-edge technology center at its headquarters in Herzogenaurach. Around 90 million euros were invested in the construction of the technology center.

Whether in automobiles or machines – noise development and perception decisively affect the impression of quality and the user’s experience. To track down sources of noise, Schaeffler experts retreat into near-absolute silence.

Automatic lubrication systems supplying hard to access or hazardous lube points on machines with grease increase work safety and reduce the risk of accidents.

Motion Technology Company Schaeffler is promoting the next generation of motorsport and will equip the new all-electric FG Series championship with e-mobility components on a long-term basis.

Humanoid robots are becoming more powerful, nimble, and agile. Electric motors instead of the previous hydraulic units increasingly operate in their arms and legs. That’s a clearly discernible trend in other industrial applications as well.

Schaeffler and Siemens are simplifying complex operation on the shopfloor with the help of artificial intelligence. This makes production more efficient. Read more here.

COO Andreas Schick (53) has been responsible for Production, Supply Chain Management and Purchasing at Schaeffler since 2018. In an interview with Schaeffler today, he talks about the sustainability activities undertaken in these areas.

What does Schaeffler accomplish in the Antarctic? What are Schaeffler’s acoustics experts referring to when talking about NVH? And how many research and development locations does Schaeffler operate worldwide? Test your knowledge in our quiz.

Schaeffler’s steer-by-wire technology has passed another endurance test: Space Drive, a basic technology for autonomous driving, played a key role in a new world altitude record set by Porsche.

A dynamic market environment requires a clear focus on future-oriented innovations. In an interview with Schaeffler today, Chief Technology Officer Uwe Wagner (59) explains the structure of Schaeffler’s innovation strategy.

Perfectly shaped steel spheres as rolling elements in bearings exhibit variances only in the micrometer range: a manufacturing technology feat whose invention dates back 140 years in 2023.

The premier strategy to prevent machine failure is an intelligent early warning system: condition monitoring. Companies monitor machines from in-house control centers but also deploy their detectives to customer locations for on-site analyses.

Disturbing noise while driving has always gotten on people’s nerves but the issue has massively gained in importance due to the transition from internal combustion engines to quiet electric motors. Schaeffler’s expert Carsten Mohr provides insights.

How Schaeffler is increasing the range of electric vehicles.

Schaeffler and VDL plan to jointly develop and produce a new generation of self-driving electric shuttles for public transport.

Schaeffler’s Automotive CEO Matthias Zink assesses ten propositions about mobility of tomorrow.

Schaeffler is demonstrating its development capabilities in the field of hydrogen-powered mobility with a new generation of metallic bipolar plates for polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells.

The transition to electric mobility on our roads poses major challenges for garages. Aftermarket CEO Jens Schüler describes how Schaeffler encourages service operations to join the automotive and industrial supplier on the transformation journey.

43,252,003,274,489,856,000 – that’s the number of possible turns to solve the famous Rubik’s Cube. The options of the global logistics network are similarly diverse. At Schaeffler, the Transportation Data Cube (TDC) takes care of that.

How can the transportation sector become more sustainable? And how can Schaeffler accelerate that transformation? Those questions are among the ones that the specialists in Schaeffler’s Advanced Innovation department address and explore.

Rail is among the most efficient means of transportation but a lot of its potential remains untapped. An interview about challenges and solutions with Dr. Michael Holzapfel, Senior Vice President Business Unit Rail at Schaeffler.

Schaeffler exhibits at the IAA Transportation for the first time: Automotive CEO Matthias Zink provides insights into why Schaeffler's technologies and products are perfect for transforming the transportation industry towards greater sustainability.

For Matthias Zink, the Schaeffler Kolloquium 2022 will be the most spectacular one to be held to date. An interview with the CEO Automotive Technologies about the highlights of the event.

Neutrinos are referred to as ghost particles. To track them down, ultrasensitive detectors are set up in extreme locations – for instance in the Antarctic. Read below how Schaeffler helps research scientists with their neutrino experiments.

It is a key component in a large number of vehicle applications ranging from the drive to the steering system and has a diameter and height of only five centimeters: A brushless direct current motor.

Electric powertrain technologies are increasingly catching on. A development that clearly affects globally active automotive and industrial supplier Schaeffler as current statistics demonstrate.

The light has turned green for the hybrid era of the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC). Global automotive supplier Schaeffler and its subsidiary Compact Dynamics are playing a pioneering role.

Schaeffler was awarded the innovation in hardware award by the International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR) for its GraviKart robotic push trolly solution for the manufacturing industry.

It is one of the greatest “Made in Germany” success stories: The global automotive and industrial supplier Schaeffler is celebrating its 75th anniversary today.

Starting in 2025, Schaeffler will be buying 100,000 metric tons (110,000 short tons) of “green” steel per year from a Swedish startup. The steel will be produced with hydrogen.

Whether hybrid or fully electric, whether 48 or 800 volts, Schaeffler’s modular powertrain portfolio has the right solution for any e-car.

Schaeffler is steadily expanding its involvement in autonomous mobility based on intelligent chassis systems.

As an innovation leader, Schaeffler is already researching the technologies of tomorrow together with universities, institutes, and research facilities.

Neither chain, nor shaft, nor belt - Schaeffler presented the "Bike-by-Wire" system Free Drive as an innovative solution for bicycles at Eurobike 2021 in Friedrichshafen.

Schaeffler’s intelligent mechatronic rear axle steering system ensures greater agility, driving comfort and safety with maximum energy efficiency.

Hybrid or all-electric systems are complementing or replacing conventional powertrains. Schaeffler has developed a modular e-axle kit enabling an extensive, universal product portfolio.

Be it in cars, trains or airplanes, in systems ranging from hybrid to fully electric, mobility of the future requires electric motors. But how does an electric motor actually work?

The transformation toward e-mobility doesn’t stop at the gates of the spare parts market. Schaeffler Automotive Aftermarket is gearing up for the demands of tomorrow.

Electric powertrains don’t have to involve range issues: The fuel cell is a case in point. How does this technology work and why has it recently become a hot topic?

Two pioneering examples from the Schaeffler world illustrate how complex and time-consuming development work can be: the dry dual clutch and the fully variable UniAir valve control system.