12Aug 2020 by DS News Team
SRB Rollerskis: When Only Best Is Good Enough

SRB Rollerskis: When Only Best Is Good Enough

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Wenn nur das Beste gut genug ist / When Only Best Is Good Enough. That's from the promo booklet of the top-of-the-line SR1 Skate rollerskis, but might as well be used as the motto for the whole company: SRB assures with a quality of production that stems from 135 years of expertise in toolmaking and impressive level of investment into manufacturing. [caption id="attachment_16528" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Arno Barthelmes & Co. GmbH first products were tuning forks - precision resonators, widely used in medical and musical industry - hence the company logo[/caption] [caption id="attachment_16526" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Toni Escher, product manager SRB: We are the German brand and we concentrate on the German-speaking markets. The German national team in xcskiing and biathlon use our rollerskis – but so also do the Czech national…
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15Jul 2020 by DS News Team
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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13Jul 2020 by DS News Team
Ball Bearings: Who Uses What

Ball Bearings: Who Uses What

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Some rollerski makers only produce frames, others also mill hubs and even mold rubber in house. One thing that all of them have to buy from third parties is, perhaps, the most crucial element in construction: Ball bearings. Devout rollerskiers want to shave a fraction of second from their results and thus use mega-expensive ceramic bearigns that they also clean before each race. We reckon there are only a few hundred people like that on the planet - and they all/mostly are into speed rollerskiing. The hundreds of thousands of "regular skiers" care more about longevity and reliability of their gear. [caption id="attachment_16189" align="alignnone" width="1920"] The most important quality of the ball bearings when it comes to rollerskiing is an ability to handle abusive treatment[/caption] Which means that pretty much…
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