Mechanical Components Features

Coatings and materials to ensure long bearing life

Coatings and materials to ensure long bearing life

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.

Premium bearing technology for the wind power industry

Premium bearing technology for the wind power industry

NSK is currently ramping up research and development in four of its core technology areas: tribology, materials engineering, analysis technology and mechatronics.

Split bearings avoid major drives reinvestment at cement plant

Split bearings avoid major drives reinvestment at cement plant

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.

Energy efficient bearings cut textile plant energy costs

Energy efficient bearings cut textile plant energy costs

SKF Energy Efficient (E2) deep groove ball bearings have cut energy consumption at an Indonesian textile plant by 10 percent.

Bearings take on a tough sawmill assignment

Bearings take on a tough sawmill assignment

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.

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