Santosh Limaye is the CEO of the factory and would like to show that it is not just about technology and noisy factory premises. Silicon also has a poetic dimension, he says, showing the result of a malfunction at the factory that went into the garbage.
- Listen! It makes beutiful music ..
Silicon called silicon in English is one of the most common elements in the earth's crust. It is also a substance that, in doped form, is included in most electronic products. Hence the name Silicon Valley and the link between Silicon and the computer revolution.
In Ljungaverk, the silicon nitride that produces SKF's most demanding ball bearings is used, but the factory also collaborates with Mid Sweden University and its battery researchers, and is at the beginning of a project to become fully self-sufficient with energy with new technology.