How SRB Wheels Are Produced

How SRB Wheels Are Produced

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This is Lisa and she operates 5-axis CNC milling machine by DMG Mori Seiki. Yes, it's as fancy as it sounds and is used for manufacturing very complex pieces for aerospace and medical equipment markets. That's exactly what Lisa is doing now: programming the machine to produce an alloy piece for aircraft maker, complexity of which defies imagination. You'd be very, very pleased to learn that once the aerospace order is complete, the next batch in shall be hubs for rollerski wheels. Because we are at the SRB plant in Zella-Mehlis where two thirds of output is for customers in aerospace, automotive and medical industry, with summer skis of own construction making up the remaining third. On the same machines, with the same tolerances and life-cycle expectations. Once milled, hubs…
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At Least One Rollerski Maker Is Willing To Answer Most Indecent Question In Industry!

At Least One Rollerski Maker Is Willing To Answer Most Indecent Question In Industry!

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....The most indecent question one could ask a rollerski maker is "who supplies your wheels?" Answers often range from evasive to almost mythical - by same very people, who are happy to extol the virtue of their respective frame constructions in minute detail. No blame - in business one often has to choose effective solutions rather than technologically appealing. Still, transparency is a factor and there are , luckily, exceptions among manufacturers. At SRB you get a straightforward answer: "When it comes to our Premium line, hubs we forge here, at Zella-Mehlis, while the rubber comes from Continental tyre maker and the molding is done at their facility not far from here in Magdeburg " . Well, now you know!
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Bookies View On World Cup 2020/21

Bookies View On World Cup 2020/21

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No huge surprises there: Alex Bolshunov leads in every chart with Johannes Klaebo not far behind. The rest of the world's elite skiers seems to have odds ranging from fairly low to purely theoretical. Yet there are some differences: [caption id="attachment_16110" align="alignnone" width="1600"] British Unibet puts Pål Golberg 3d and gives pure distance runners Kruger and Roethe something of chance. Note Ustyugov's 7th place...[/caption] [caption id="attachment_16111" align="alignnone" width="1600"] Italian Sisal gives Niskanen a fighting chance but Ustyugov is nowhere to be found. Human error?[/caption] [caption id="attachment_16112" align="alignnone" width="1600"] Norwegian NordicBet, however, catapults Ustiugov to 3d place and seriously doubts SkiTour 2020 winner's Golberg chances[/caption] Unlike all of us, fans and observers, them bookies deal in mathematically proven odds. We hardly can fault their analysis. Can you?
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Russians Staying Home

Russians Staying Home

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The European Union have decided to keep the borders closed for the citizens of the countries where COVID-19 infection numbers were recently / are high for the time being. That includes the United States - and Russia. Which means the Russian skiers have to cancel their pencil-booked training camps in Europe. In the last few decades Team Russia traditionally held most of their camps either in the Alps or in Scandinavia. Even a traditional yearly roll-call where all the national teams, including juniors, gather was held in Tehvandi-Otepää ,Estonia. Team Russia is divided into four independent training groups whereas duration/intensity/ location of a camp is largely determined by coaching philosophy of a specific coach: Yuri Borodavko for Alex Bolshunov and Natalia Nepryaeva, Markus Cramer for Sergei Ustiugov and Gleb Retivykh…
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2020 – Year Of Carbon Fiber Rollerskis? More Great CF Models Than Ever But Not Everyone Is Convinced

2020 – Year Of Carbon Fiber Rollerskis? More Great CF Models Than Ever But Not Everyone Is Convinced

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Fischer just unveiled the pair the Austrian company calls " world's lightest classic rollerskis" https://youtu.be/w-MmYzf0X6g Which means they are at least a little bit lighter than the Swix model that hit the market last year, somewhat ahead of the pack. https://www.instagram.com/p/CAnr8yzHhtO/?igshid=1bkrho69l59t8 "The pack" because never before was the market so saturated with the true carbon fiber monocoque rollerskis offers: Established players roll out their first CF models https://www.instagram.com/p/CBYpPAEJkDV/?igshid=fe2e361269n4 New players are entering the market - obviously, sensing some business opportunities. https://www.instagram.com/p/CA7_Gn9J6YV/?igshid=1fwcr5ehpedwc The end of metal alloy rollerskis is nay? Not so fast,says Morten Iversbakken, the marketing manager of IDT Sports. Everyone remembers, of course, that the Norwegian company sponsors by far the most top teams/ individual skiers in the world of xcskiing (but not biathlon - that's still largely the…
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