Numero 3
Numero 3
Art in action
Fotografia europea
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BEARINGS AND COMPONENTS
La scelta dell’asse verticale rispetto al tradi- chine affidabili nel tempo con minimi inter- La turbina monta dunque un kit completo
The project THE FUTURE OF WIND ENERGY with the wind direction or to adjust blade
pitch to the relative velocity and they also
response in the case of gusts and greater
sensitivity in the case of low wind speed.
The cutting edge of application engineering have a higher output ratio. The only moving mechanical parts are the
Tall buildings, such as are normally present bearings of the turbine axle. During the de-
After two years of intense R&D that included With the market expanding at a great rate in urban conglomerations, generate turbulent sign phase, the application engineering expe-
careful analysis of components to achieve a and government incentives in place to sup- and chaotic currents that make horizontal- rience of the ISB engineers was fundamental
long effective life cycle and use of recyclable port introduction of widely distributed rene- axis turbines inefficient and thus inappro- in guiding the choice of the bearings, to make
materials, in collaboration with ISB for the wable sources for generating electricity, small BEARINGS AND COMPONENTS priate. VAWTs, on the other hand, can exploit rotation as free as possible.
rotor component, WindUp S.r.l. has produced wind turbines can provide support for solar even up draughts, and disorderly and oblique The turbine is assembled with a complete set
and patented its new vertical-axis wind tur- panels, by now a familiar and well-accepted With ten years of specialisation matured in a currents to produce electricity. Finally, direct of ISB ball bearings with races dimensioned
bine (VAWT). technology. The term small refers to wind tur- variety of sectors as a common denominator, drive generators and direct current output to guarantee structural safety in the presence
The VAWT is a modern interpretation of the bines with an output in the 1-200 KW range. a team of engineers applied their individual make these devices very reliable in the long- of significant aerodynamic loads.
ancient art of harnessing wind energy. The experiences in aerospace, mechanical, elec- term without requiring much maintenance. The entire structure, except for the genera-
styling, silence of operation and very limited These wind-powered generators are very si- tronic and energy applications to create the The structure is very simple, based on a ba- tor axle, and the aerodynamic elements are
maintenance profile make it particularly well milar to large turbines but are designed to new wind turbine project. lanced choice of components and costs for made of a particularly resistant aluminium
adapted for integration in urban contexts initiate power production when wind speed is The choice of the vertical axis instead of the materials, machining and assembly. alloy, with all the advantages of this metal
where a combination of technology, architec- as low as 3 m/s (approx. 11 km/h), compa- more traditional horizontal one offers several Fewer components mean less costs and less and performance similar to steel: lightweight,
tural elegance and sustainability is now the red to 5-6 m/s for larger systems, and with advantages. VAWTs have no need of mecha- maintenance and, in particular, less weight, easy to work, easily available and recyclable.
expected standard. much lower investments required. nical or electronic systems to align the rotor friction and inertia which contribute to rapid
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BEARINGS AND COMPONENTS
+ qualità
USATE IL CERVELLO BEARING 2014
- costi 18 - 21
INDUSTRIA DEL
SETTEMBRE CUSCINETTO
+ assortimento September BEARING INDUSTRY
- problemi
EXHIBITION
SHANGHAI - CINA (CHINA)
+ assistenza - incognite
La navetta aeroportuale di
Verona “si muove con ISB” The shuttle at Verona airport: ISB in action! 22 - 26 TECNARGILLA
SETTEMBRE INDUSTRIA CERAMICA
E DEL LATERIZIO
A sinistra la pagina pubblici- On the left, advertising in September EXHIBITION OF TECHNOLO-
taria su Quattroruote Quattroruote GIES AND SUPPLIES FOR THECERAMIC
AND BRICK INDUSTRY
[Link] PRESSO I MIGLIORI DISTRIBUTORI CHE ESPONGONO IL MARCHIO
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(September) MULTIFIERA DELLA
News 3 OTTOBRE MECCANICA
Internet, publishing and video: the battle plan (October) INTERNATIONAL
ENGINEERING FAIR
BRNO - REP. CECA (CZECH REP.)
Media
Mediae dintorni
ISB opened the 2014 Communications & brand video that will air through various VISITAT
ECI
Image campaign with the debut of the new media and at the ISB Corners springing up Hall 9 9 -11 BEARING NET
brand website [Link]. around Italy.
stand C7
VISITATECI
A sinistra il layout dello I titolari della [Link]:
stand ISB e a destra il Biagio Bergamini e Stefano
Hall 9
stand C7 prodotto principe esposto Russo
in fiera.
The event LANDING AT SAMOTER 2014 The interview LA [Link] LOOKS FAR AHEAD
A fifth-wheel for every type of application Travertine is a leading sector for expansion in Latium
ISB will open the 2014 trade fair season in these sectors, whenever a machine or a ISB customers For this issue of ISB in Action we’re visiting Tras. very advantageous quality to price ratio. its role as the partner of a strong company
with the motto “Our applications in every system has two parts coupled together that have many options Mec, founded in Rome in 1989 and speciali- What products do your customers appre- that stands behind its brand and is growing on
branch of industry”. The inaugural showcase must rotate with respect to each other. The for combining the sing in automation and industrial transmission. ciate most of all? the domestic and international markets. Ano-
on the calendar is SAMOTER, a fair dedica- slewing ring must bear and transfer opera- various technical [Link] can rightly claim great expertise in The best-selling ISB brand products in our ter- ther idea we’re working on is to create an ISB
ted to earth-moving and building machinery, ting loads of the structure to which it is fixed characteristics so this sector, where it has always been at the le- ritory are the bearings and supports. Thanks Service Point to satisfy our expanding clientele.
in Verona 8-11 May 2014. with the degree of precision required by the that they can find ading edge and has kept astride of all product to our customers in the travertine sector, we We’re optimistic about the future, convinced
application. the best solution. updates. were able to introduce and record satisfaction and proud to be a point of reference for ISB.
Here ISB will put one of its fundamental There are many types of slewing rings but Mr Bergamini, when and why did you begin with the quality of ISB products even in a sector
products in the spotlight: the slewing ring only ISB has made it a policy to have them all Visit stand C7 in collaborating with ISB? that is notorious for the extreme conditions of
ISB in action - N.3 - maggio 2014
bearing used so often in earth-moving and available, offering one of the most complete hall 9: ISB will Collaboration with ISB began in 2011 and the the applications. More recently, requests from Direttore Responsabile: Pier Paolo Pedriali
building machinery such as excavators, lift ranges on the market: ball or roller bearings, gladly show you feeling was good right from the start. We ear- the industrial sector for slewing rings and linear Segreteria di redazione: Giuliano Arduini
trucks, demolition grapples, lifting grapples one or more rows of balls, internal or external many other oppor- ned the trust of our customers by guaranteeing guides have risen. Progetto grafico: TM Communication (RE)
Editing e Stampa: Italgraf (Rubiera - RE)
and dumpers. These are just a few of the gear teeth, standard or precision clearances, tunities! unequalled levels of quality and service. With What are your projects for the future and
applications for ISB slewing rings. Slewing crossed or parallel rollers, with or without pre- the immense assortment that we distribute, what do you think of the current situation? Autorizzazione del Tribunale di RE n° 7 del
22/10/2012
ring bearings are indispensable components load, without gear teeth, etc. we can also ensure that our customers enjoy a For the future [Link] intends to consolidate
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Art
RIFLETTORI SU “FOTOGRAFIS”
A Palazzo Magnani 600 immagini di grande scuola
Eventi e attività
L’esposizione “Un seco- Promoted and organi- Events and activities
lo di grande fotografia. I sed by the Museum of
capolavori FOTOGRAFIS Modern Art of Salzburg
Bank Austria - UniCre- and Fondazione Palazzo
dit Art Collection” pro- Magnani, and curated by
mossa e organizzata dal Margit Zuckriegl and Wal-
Museo d’arte moderna ter Guadagnini, the exhibi-
di Salisburgo e dalla Fon- tion “Un secolo di grande
dazione Palazzo Magnani fotografia. I capolavori FO-
è composta da 150 scel- TOGRAFIS Bank Austria
tissime fotografie della – UniCredit Art Collection”
prestigiosa collezione includes 150 well-selected
“FOTOGRAFIS” di Bank photographs from the pre-
Austria – Gruppo Uni- stigious “FOTOGRAFIS”
Credit, presentate in an- collection of Bank Austria
teprima nazionale. – Gruppo UniCredit, on a
“FOTOGRAFIS” è una national preview.
raccolta eccezionale per “FOTOGRAFIS” is an
numero e qualità di ope- exceptional collection in
re, costituita da oltre 600 terms of numbers and Mostra fotografica
fotografie acquisite dal quality of works, consi- 2 maggio - 15 giugno 2014
1975 al 1985 e da allora sting of over 600 photos Chiostri di San Pietro, Reggio Emilia
rimasta integra nella for- collected over a decade VEDERE LE COSE PERDUTE.
ma che era stata prevista dai suoi iniziatori. Dal between 1975 and 1985 and never disjoined be- SPECIALE DICIOTTOVENTICINQUE
2009 la raccolta è depositata in comodato gratuito fore, a collection that has remained untouched, as FOTOGRAFIA EUROPEA
al Museo d’arte moderna di Salisburgo. La mostra its founders had planned it. Since 2009, the collec- Il progetto si concentra su ciò che “vediamo
perduto”, come scritto da Ariosto: giunto sulla
di Palazzo Magnani presenta, in una sequenza ini- tion has been on loan at the Museum of Modern
luna per ritrovare il senno di Orlando folle d’a-
mitabile, l’evoluzione della fotografia dalle origini Art of Salzburg. The exhibition at Palazzo Magnani
more, Astolfo ha modo di osservare tutto ciò che
sino agli anni Settanta: si parte con gli iniziatori presents, in an inimitable sequence, the evolution
vi è accumulato: un campionario di cose perdu-
del mezzo come ad esempio Nadar, e con i primi of photography from the origins to the Seventies: te sulla terra. Ci sono le lacrime e i sospiri degli
grandi protagonisti, da Frances Frith a Eadweard it starts with the pioneers of the medium, such as amanti; il tempo perso dagli uomini e i loro pro-
Muybridge, da Bertall a Frederick Evans, fino a Julia Nadar, and the first great artists, from Frances Frith getti mai realizzati. Egli vede centinaia di ampolle
Margaret Cameron. Le prime, splendide testimo- to Eadweard Muybridge, from Bertall to Frederick che contengono il senno di molti uomini: sulla
nianze fotografiche dei viaggi in Oriente, e insieme Evans, through to Julia Margaret Cameron. The first, Terra sono perciò rimasti ben pochi uomini saggi.
il desiderio di raccontare la realtà quotidiana, di wonderful photographic evidence of journeys in the Osservando i loro universi, i 64 ragazzi coinvolti
realizzare ritratti somiglianti come mai prima, la East, and, with it, the wish to tell about the daily life, costruiscono un campionario, un regesto di ciò
competizione instaurata da subito con la pittura. Si to make good likenesses as never before, the instant che ritengono perduto. Perdere qualcosa per ri-
prosegue poi con i protagonisti della stagione del competition with painting. Then it goes on with the trovare altro. Ritrovare per ripartire. Ri-ciclare,
pittorialismo, uno dei momenti cruciali e più affa- big names of the Pictorialist season, one of the most fotograficamente parlando, le cose e gli autori
scinanti dell’evoluzione del linguaggio fotografico fascinating and crucial ages in the evolution of the che il mondo perde o getta, sempre guardando al
in chiave artistica: in questa sezione si segnalano photographic language into art: this section hosts futuro che attende, con insidie e speranze, questi
tra gli altri i nomi di Heinrich Kühn, Edward Stei- such famous artists as Heinrich Kühn, Edward Stei- giovani corsisti.
chen, Alfred Stieglitz, František Drtikol, attraverso chen, Alfred Stieglitz, František Drtikol, with works Mostra a cura di Alessandro Bartoli, Fabio Boni, Fabri-
opere che sono autentici capolavori dell’arte foto- that are veritable masterpieces of the photographic zio Cicconi, Laura Sassi - con il sostegno della Galleria
grafica dei primi decenni del XX secolo. Il punto art of the first decades of the XX century. I Petali
di maggiore richiamo dell’esposizione è probabil- The highlight of the exhibition is probably the one
mente quello appena successivo a questa stagione, that comes just after that season, the so-called Fondazione Palazzo Magnani
ed è quello della cosiddetta fotografia modernista, modernist or avant-garde photography. This section 27 settembre 2014 - 15 gennaio 2015
o delle avanguardie. In questa sezione si trova- includes the names of Eugène Atget, Man Ray, Ale- Palazzo Magnani
no i nomi di Eugène Atget, Man Ray, Alexander xander Rodchenko, Herbert Bayer, Edward Weston, UN’INCANTATA INQUIETUDINE. SULLE ORME
Rodchenko, Herbert Bayer, Edward Weston, Paul Paul Strand, André Kertész, August Sander, Walker D’ARIOSTO E DELL’ORLANDO FURIOSO
Strand, André Kertész, August Sander, Walker Evans, the authors that have made not only the Mostra a cura di Sandro Parmiggiani.
Evans, gli autori che sono entrati non solo nella history of photography but the collective imagina- L’esposizione è dedicata a Ludovico Ariosto (Reg-
storia della fotografia, ma nell’immaginario collet- tion of the century. Man Ray’s rayographs, Kertész’s gio Emilia, 1474 - Ferrara, 1533), celeberrimo au-
tore dell’Orlando Furioso, poema che, se si con-
tivo del secolo. Anche la fotografia di reportage distortions, Sander’s portraits are all 20th-century
siderano le varie edizioni, le traduzioni in lingua
è ben rappresentata nella mostra, con esempi di icons. Reporters’ photography are aptly represented
straniera, gli adattamenti teatrali, è una delle opere
Henri Cartier-Bresson, Margaret Bourke White, by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Margaret Bourke White,
che hanno goduto nei secoli, pur con qualche pe-
Weegee, Lee Friedlander, Elliot Erwitt: con questo Weegee, Lee Friedlander, Elliot Erwitt: this is the riodo di oscuramento, di più vasta ammirazione e
principio si arriva agli anni del dopoguerra e in principle that leads us into the postwar period, abo- interesse.
particolare ai Sessanta e Settanta, nei quali emer- ve all the 1960s and the 1970s, with outstanding
gono figure come quella di Otto Steinert, Mario artists, such as Otto Steinert, Mario Giacomelli, Dia- Per info: [Link]
Giacomelli, Diane Arbus, Arnulf Rainer. ne Arbus, Arnulf Rainer.