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Transport and conveying technology

With rapidly growing and constantly evolving infrastructure, machines and equipment are needed that can perform under the toughest operating conditions. Whether in the world's mines, where large excavators, stackers and recovery equipment do their duty, or in rough seas, where rugged offshore cranes supply oil production platforms. Robust and durable bearings are one of the key ingredients for these conditions.

Rothe Erde offers special solutions for numerous applications in the transport and materials handling sector that function accordingly and withstand precisely these requirements.

Applications in transport and conveying technology

Sketch of a truck with a crane trailer and a slewing bearing marked in blue — Automotive engineering
Our products, such as four-point contact bearings, turntables, and single-row wire-race ball bearings, provide solutions for various automotive applications, including trams, lorry trailers, articulated buses, skips, fire brigade turntable ladders, heavy-duty transport vehicles, forklift slewing attachments, communal utility vehicles, and forced steered semitrailers.

Sketch of a tunnel boring machine with a slewing bearing drawn in blue — Tunneling
For tunneling technology Rothe Erde manufactures various slewing bearings for tunnel boring machines. With more than 2,000 bearings manufactured, we are the leading manufacturer in this sector. Among the bearing solutions are single-row ball bearings, crossed roller bearings, four-row cylindrical roller bearings, blanks, and others.

Sketch of a cruise ship with rings drawn in blue — Maritime applications
Products from Rothe Erde can be relied on: Even in extreme conditions prevailing on the high seas, such as storms, salt water, cold or heat, our slewing bearings and rings work reliably. We design robust bearing solutions for deck cranes, propeller shafts, winches, and other applications.

Oil and gas conveying technology

Applications in oil and gas production technology require specially designed slewing bearings, some of which are manufactured in segments due to their size. Rothe Erde manufactures slewing bearings with a diameter of up to 25,000 mm.