A premium snack processing company was experiencing frequent bearing failures on a potato wash application. Failures were causing significant downtime and reduced production. NSK carried out a bearing failure analysis revealing ingress of contamination leading to significant bearing life reduciton. NSK was asked for a solution to improve service life. A test with new beairngs resulted in an increase of bearing life by 2 times.
Before | Cost p.a. | NSK Solution | Cost p.a. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Engineering costs | $2,666 | Engineering costs | $267 | |
Lost production | $21,326 | Lost production: none | $0 | |
Total Costs | $23,992 | $267 |
Reference:SS-E-1016