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Vibrating Drum

NSK Industries - Vibrating Drum: Failed Bearing Analysis showed that fine sand particles were entering the bearing causing early failure

Vibrating Screen

NSK Industries - Vibrating Screen: reduction in manufacturing costs, improvement of bearing performance and reliability

Ceramic Roof Tile Manufacturer

NSK Industries - Ceramic Roof Tile Manufacturer: Reduced running friction resulting in reduced actuator pressure

Gearbox for Wind Turbine

NSK Industries - Gearbox for Wind Turbine: An important workshop for wind gear units had five shafts out of specification. The bearings were rotating on the shaft causing damage to the surface. The rectification of the shafts to their initial diameter was not a viable option.

Underground Train Traction Motor

NSK Industries - Underground Train: An overhaul and maintenance company for underground train had a requirement to reduce service costs of traction motor bearings by increasing the time between overhauls while maintaining reliability.

Main Make-Up Conveyor

NSk Industries - Main Make-Up Conveyor: NSK recommended the use of Molded-Oil ball bearings to increase bearing life and reduce machine down time

Milk Bottle Conveyor

NSK Industries - Milk Bottle Conveyor: A market leading milk processing and bottling plant was experiencing repeated bearing failures on 5 lines of conveyors. They were changing bearings on a conveyor approximately every 16 weeks.

Germination Vessel - Stirrer Units

NSK Industries - Germination Vessel: A supplier for a major UK Brewery was experiencing regular bearing failures in their grain stirrer application.

Milk Processing Plant

NSK Industries - Milk Processing Plant: NSK recommended Molded-Oil inserts and Silver-Lube® plastic housings

Conveyor Tail Drum

NSK Industries - Conveyor Tail Drum: NSK proposed Molded-Oil Spherical Roller Bearings to replace the existing double-row ball bearing with grease lubrication

Potato Washer

NSK Industries - Potato Washer: NSK Molded-Oil ball bearings increase bearing life from 4 months to over 8 months

Mecatherm Dough Mixer

NSK Industries - Macatherm Dough Mixer: NSKHPS bearings improved bearing life 3 to 4 times

Confectionary Washing Process

NSK Industries - Confectionary Washing Process: NSK recommends using stainless steel Molded-Oil deep groove ball bearings to prolong the bearing life

Cutters - Cream Line

NSK Industries - Cutters in Cream Line: A customer was experiencing repeated bearing failures on their blade saw pulleys within the cake cutting units at their bakery.

Baby Leaf Harvester

NSK Industries - Baby Leaf Harvester: A processor of food products harvests baby leaf products for sale to leading supermarkets. Its leaf harvester machine had a variety of low cost mounted unit bearings to support shafts of various sizes.

Band Cutters in a Dough Machine

NSK Industries - Band Cutters on a Dough Machine: A bakery was experiencing regular failures on their linear guides on band cutters. NSK proposed a stainless steel Linear Guide, high speed series with food grade K1 lubrication unit.

Biogas Plant

NSK Industries - Biogas Plant: NSK recommends Stainless Steel Molded-Oil Deep Groove Ball Bearings with DDU seals

Belt washer

NSK Industries - Belt washer: A trail with NSK ball bearings Molded-Oil was agreed, which resulted in an increase of bearing life from 3 months to over 12 months

Ink Pad Roller

NSK Industries - Ink Pad Roller: A magazine priniting company was using open Deep Groove Ball Bearings in an ink pad roller application. NSK recommended Deep Groove Ball Bearings with DDU seals, resulting in no bearing failures reported within a month.

Conveyor

NSK Industries - Conveyor: One potash processing plant had problems with chain conveyor's plummer blocks equipped with tapered roller bearings. The bearings failed several times per year due to tough operation conditions (production dust, high shaft temperature).