If a long, trouble-free life is top of your agenda for bearings, then it is worth considering what special surface coatings or corrosion-resistant materials are available for rolling, plain and linear bearings. Steve Lacey reports.
NSK is currently ramping up research and development in four of its core technology areas: tribology, materials engineering, analysis technology and mechatronics.
The abrasive dust which is ever present in cement production plants often shortens bearing life due to particle ingress causing lubricant contamination and accelerated wear. Here’s how one plant overcame a particularly troublesome bearing problem on a large raw mill motor drive.
SKF Energy Efficient (E2) deep groove ball bearings have cut energy consumption at an Indonesian textile plant by 10 percent.
The Belgian Industrie du Bois Vielsalm (IBV) Group operates six sawmill lines with an aggregate daily processing capacity of 6,000 cubic metres of softwood.